MEXICO

Special Decisions or Action Taken Re: Reporting, Including Urgent Action Procedure

CERD A/49/18 (1994)

II. PREVENTION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, INCLUDING EARLY WARNING AND URGENT PROCEDURES

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A. Action taken by the Committee

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Other action

106. At its 1064^th meeting, on 16 August 1994, the Committee decided to request its Chairman to address a letter to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico concerning reports of ethnic conflict involving some indigenous populations in Mexico, particularly in the state of Chiapas, and to refer to the Committee's wish that the Government of Mexico include in its next report relevant information on measures taken in regard to recent developments in Chiapas. In that connection, the Committee noted that the ninth and tenth periodic reports of Mexico had been due on 22 March 1992 and 1994 respectively. At its 1069^th meeting, on 19 August 1994, the Committee reconsidered its earlier decision and decided to defer consideration of the question until its forty-sixth session, in 1995.

CERD A/50/18 (1995)

II. PREVENTION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, INCLUDING EARLY WARNING AND URGENT PROCEDURES

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A. Decisions adopted by the Committee

25. The following decisions were adopted by the Committee under this agenda item at its forty-sixth session.

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2 (46). Decision on the situation in Mexico

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expresses its concern about reports of serious conflicts in the State of Chiapas which particularly affect some indigenous populations in Mexico.

The Committee has received the ninth and tenth periodic reports of Mexico and scheduled them for consideration at its forty-seventh session in August 1995. In accordance with article 9, paragraph 1, of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Committee requests the Government of Mexico to submit further information on the situation in Chiapas in time for consideration together with the ninth and tenth reports.

The Committee decides to bring this text to the attention of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

1086th meeting

9 March 1995