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Article: Special meetings mark 27th anniversary of Sharpeville massacre. (International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination)
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- UN Chronicle
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- May 1, 1987
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Special meetings mark 27th anniversary of Sharpeville massacre
THE International Day for theElimination of Racial Discrimination was observed on 20 March at Headquarters at two solemn meetings of the Special Committee against Apartheid.
Proclaimed by the General Assemblyin 1966, the Day marks the anniversary of the 1960 massacre of civilians at Sharpeville, South Africa, when police fired into a peaceful crowed protesting the apartheid regime's "pass laws'.
A minute of silence was observed inmemory of the 69 persons killed and 180 wounded at Sharpeville and other freedom fighters who have died in the struggle against apartheid and racial ...