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  UN General Assembly Resolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A United Nations General Assembly Resolution is voted on by all member states of the United Nations in the General Assembly and requires a simple majority (50% of all votes plus one) to pass (with the exception of 'important questions which require two-thirds majority').
Resolution 47/181: The partition of the British Mandate of Palestine.
Resolution 3379: Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination; revoked by Resolution 4686.
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 UN General Assembly Resolution 4686 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 4686 passed on December 16, 1991, revoked Resolution 3379 with a vote of 111 to 25 (with 13 abstentions).
Israel made revocation of resolution 3379 a condition of Israel's participation in the Madrid Peace Conference in progress in the last quarter of 1991.
This formed resolution 4686, which is one of the shortest in UN history.
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 ipedia.com: UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The resolution was revoked by Resolution 4686 on December 16, 1991, and...
The resolution was revoked by Resolution 4686 on December 16, 1991, and is often referenced in debates of Zionism and racism.
The 1975 resolution was one of many incidents that reflect a long-standing UN condemnation of Zionism, which many find ironic considering that it was a UN resolution that established the state of Israel.
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 CONK! Encyclopedia: Racism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Today there are some scientists who claim that "race", in the general sense in which the term is used, is a social construct: the way in which individuals are classified into racial groups varies from person to person, and from place to place, and from time to time.
General Government an attempt to introduce racial segregation in Poland, which was occupied by Nazi Germany.
In general tensions in India are more religious than racial in nature, but there have been some reports of ethnic tension between Tamil people and the Hindi majority.
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 Read about Israel and the United Nations at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Israel and the United Nations and learn ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
General Assembly with 33 votes in favor, 13 against, and 10 absentions.
Although the UN Charter gives every state the right to membership of the Security Council, it also says that membership will be decided according to equitable geographic distribution.
Resolution 4686 in December 1991 as a condition for participation in the
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Israel has been a constant cause of friction between the General Assembly (which has condemned Israeli actions on numerous occasions) and the Security Council which has a record of veto'd resolutions on this subject caused by US application of its veto in what critics have claimed is a partisan way.
UN weapons inspectors failed to find conclusive evidence that either proved or disproved the allegation that Iraq was continuing to develop such weapons.
The future of the U.S. in the UN The relevance of the UN in the modern world is questioned by its critics, and there is a small but growing movement in the U.S. to withdraw from the UN.
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 United Nations
UN membership is open to all "peace-loving states" that accept the obligations of the UN Charter and, in the judgment of the organization, are able and willing to fulfill these obligations.
The 1945 UN Charter envisaged a system of regulation that would ensure "the least diversion for armaments of the world's human and economic resources." The advent of nuclear weapons came only weeks after the signing of the Charter and provided immediate impetus to concepts of arms limitation and disarmament.
UN peace operations are funded by assessments, using a formula derived from the regular scale, but including a surcharge for the five permanent members of the Security Council (who must approve all peacekeeping operations); this surcharge serves to offset discounted peacekeeping assessment rates for less developed countries.
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 EZGeography - UN General Assembly Resolution 3379
The 1975 resolution was one of many incidents that reflect a long-standing UN condemnation of Zionism, which many find ironic and hypocritical, considering that it was 1947 UN Partition Plan that established the State of Israel.
On September 12, 1972 the president of Uganda Idi Amin sent a cable to the UN secretary-general in which he approved of the Holocaust, and proposed to erect a statue to Adolf Hitler in Uganda, since it had not been erected in Germany.
On October 1, 1975 the UN had a reception welcoming Idi Amin, then the Chairman of the Organization of African Unity.
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 CONK! Encyclopedia: List_of_Jewish_history_topics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
UN Security Council Resolution 242 (the Land for peace principle)
UN Security Council Resolution 478 (on the status of Jerusalem)
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 (equating Zionism with racism, rescinded by Resolution 4686)
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 At UN, Pakistani leader warns of using war on terror to spread hatred against Islam
Outlining the steps to avoid conflict and advance peace, General Musharraf called for a resumption of dialogue between the two countries, as agreed to in Agra, accompanied by measures for restraint in the use of nuclear and conventional arms.
Saying it was regrettable that a Member State was not upholding its obligations to the UN, President Adamkus called for Iraq to allow unrestricted access for the UN inspectors to resume their work.
Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark, which currently chairs the European Union (EU), stressed that alliance's commitment to fully support the initiatives of the UN Counter-terrorism Committee and to actively help other nations implement Security Council resolution 1373, which was adopted in the wake of the 11 September attacks against the United States.
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 UN General Assembly Resolution - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation UN General Assembly Resolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
UN General Assembly Resolution - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation UN General Assembly Resolution.
Here you will find more informations about UN General Assembly Resolution.
A United Nations General Assembly Resolution is voted on by all member states of the United Nations in the General Assembly and requires a simple majority(50% of all votes plus one) to pass (with the exception of 'important questions which require two-thirds majority')
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 The United Nations Crisis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The UN was designed to handle international crises a certain way, but in order for that way to be effective all nations involved had to agree at the outset to abide by the UN's mandate and act accordingly.
It was actually the UN that mandated the separation of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, initiating the ongoing conflict in the Middle East (Resolution 181, "The Partition Plan", November 29, 1947).
If the UN cannot free itself from international intrigues and follow the charter; if it cannot enforce effectively its own resolutions; if its resolutions are to be defined by nationalism and economic pressures instead of the needs of the international community at large, it will become irrelevant in the handling of world problems.
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 Racism Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Attitudes of suburb and gated community developers, who are often accused of pandering to racist views by emphasizing "crime risk" in more racially diverse downtowns, especially in North America.
This was rescinded by UN General Assembly Resolution 4686 in 1991 in a vote of 111-25.
Affirmative action is the practice of favoring or benefiting members of a particular race in areas such as college admissions and workplace advancement, in an attempt to create atmospheres of racial diversity and racial equality.
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 Articles - Zionism and racism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Both the League of Nations's 1922 Palestine Mandate and the 1947 UN Partition Plan supported the aim of Zionism, but in November 1975, the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 voiced that "Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination." In December 1991, the General Assembly rescinded this resolution through Resolution 4686.
By 1947, the British were preparing to leave, the 1947 UN Partition Plan had proposed a division of the area between Jewish and Arab states, granting 55% of the land (most of it Negev desert) to a Jewish state which would have had a 60% Jewish population.
On November 10, 1975 the United Nations General Assembly adopted, by a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions), Resolution 3379, which stated that "Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination." The resolution was revoked on 16 December 1991, with a vote of 111 to 25 (with 13 abstentions).
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 Racism
(However, this has been claimed to be due to the belief that foreigners are generally louder and rowdier than Japanese, which is very often the case with tourists in Japan.) Other common cases are the refusal of employment of ethnic Koreans or Chinese, even though they lived their entire lives in Japan.
In general, however, the Japanese government as well as the Japanese population do not address this problem or even recognize it, turning a blind eye in general.
However, he is in general well-supported by the Japanese public, showing either ignorance or apathy about the remaining racism in Japan.
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 Jewish state
Star of David, generally acknowledged as a symbol of Judaism.
UN General Assembly Resolution 4686) but brought up again by the new
Some critics assert that the idea of an ethnic state is itself racist and the ethnicity in question (or its history) does not matter.
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 List of the UN resolutions concerning Israel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In the General Assembly, 429 anti-Israel resolutions were passed, Israel was "condemned" 321 times.
November 17: UN Security Council Resolution 89: regarding Armistice in 1948 Arab-Israeli War and "transfer of persons".
December 16: UN General Assembly Resolution 4686: annulled Res.
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 Jewish Law Student Association: UN Resolution 46/86   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
UN General Assembly Resolution 46/86: Zionism is NOT Racism
One of Israel 's conditions for the participation of a UN observer in the Madrid Peace Conference was the revocation of the infamous resolution 3379 equaling Zionism with racism.
DECIDES to revoke the determination contained in its resolution 3379 (XXX) of 10 November 1975.
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From the 1960s onwards, nations friendly to the PRC, led by Albania, moved an annual resolution in the General Assembly to transfer China's seat at the UN from the ROC to the PRC.
As a result of these trends, on October 25, 1971, Resolution 2758 was passed by the General Assembly, withdrawing recognition of the ROC as the legitimate government of China, and recognising the PRC as the sole legitimate government of China.
o Resolution 3379: Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination; revoked by Resolution 4686.
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 Racism Health Explorer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
There have been reports (although largely unsubstantiated to date) of unwarranted attacks particularly against African immigrants popularly believed to be economic immigrants rather than genuine Asylum seekers.
As a result of various reports, Switzerland has come in for some crticism in recent years from bodies such as the UN.
Until majority rule in 1980, the minority white government of Rhodesia (as Zimbabwe was then called) practised institutionalised racism similar in a few respects to the apartheid system in South Africa.
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 Racist Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In general, a racist considers one's own race the most valuable and others less valuable.
Ethnic conflict in India is at present having NPOV disputes, but might be worth checking for more information.
Resolution: Against the Racist and Nationalist Youth Movement
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Tanzania's president and National Assembly members are elected concurrently by direct popular vote for 5-year terms.
Laws passed by the National Assembly are valid for Zanzibar only in specifically designated union matters.
There are currently 76 members in the House of Representatives in Zanzibar, including 50 elected by the people, 10 appointed by the president of Zanzibar, 5 ex officio members, and an attorney general appointed by the president.
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 Anti-Zionism definition and description
In parallel with the rise of anti-Zionist sentiment in the west was increased hostility towards Israel at the international level.
On December 16, 1991 the General Assembly passed Resolution 4686, repealing the resolution 3379, by a vote of 111 to 25, with 13 abstentions and 17 delegations absent.
International anti-Zionism, like domestic anti-Zionism in many countries, rises and falls in parallel with events in the Middle East, and the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 saw some revival of the anti-Zionist rhetoric of the 1970s in some countries.
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 Articles - Jewish state   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Similar criticism has been made of the Israeli flag which resembles the Tallit (a Jewish prayer shawl) and features a Star of David, generally acknowledged as a symbol of Judaism.
It has been suggested by supporters of Israeli multinationalism that the State of Israel adopt more inclusive and neutral symbolism.
The concept of the Jewish state has been called "racist" and "ethnocentric" by critics, both internationally and inside Israel signified by the UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 linking Zionism to racism (later revoked by UN General Assembly Resolution 4686) but brought up again by the new Durban Declaration.
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 UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 (November 10, 1975) (http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/UN/unga3379.html)
Palestinefacts: What was behind the UNGA resolution equating Zionism and racism (http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1967to1991_un_zionism_racism.php)
Israeli Ambassador Herzog's response to Zionism is racism resolution (November 10, 1975) (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/UN/herzogsp.html)
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UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 (Nov 1975) Zionism is Racism
UN General Assembly Resolution 181, November 29, 1947
U.N. General Assembly Resolution 186, Appointment and terms of reference of a United Nations Mediator in Palestine; May 14, 1948
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 Anti semitism and the Left : Melbourne Indymedia
But on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, the memory of the worst crime of the 20th century is beginning to fade.
But as UN general-secretary Kofi Annan reminded the world at the assembly: “Other groups slaughtered by Nazi Germany included the Roma people, Slavs, Soviet prisoners of war, the handicapped, Jehovah’s Witnesses and homosexuals.” It would have been a crime against humanity if only one of these groups had been targeted.
The whole UN session was a good case in point.
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 World History :: Encyclopedia Index -- Un   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
INDEX OF ARTICLES: Un Articles are indexed by the first word of the title, including "A," "The," etc.
Under secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
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