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Article: International convention against apartheid in sports signed on 16 May by 43 states.
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- August 1, 1986
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International Convention against Apartheid in Sports signed on 16 May by 43 States
Representatives of 43 States on 16 May signed the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports at a ceremonial meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid.
The Convention, adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1985, will come into force after it has been ratified or acceded to by 27 States.
Under the Convention, States parties strongly condemn apartheid and undertake to pursue immediately the elimination of apartheid in all its forms from sports. They commit themselves not to permit their sports bodies, teams and individual sportsmen to ...