REPUBLIC OF SERBIA1

General Comments - Government Responses

CERD A/9618 (1974)

Annex V

Texts of comments of States Parties to general recommendation IV, adopted by the Committee at its eighth session, received up to the end of the tenth session in accordance with article 9, paragraph 2, of the Convention a/

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YUGOSLAVIA

4 January 1974

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Data on the demographic composition of the population of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, according to the 1971 census, are as follows:

Total of persons participating in the census: 20,522,972. They declared their nationality as follows: Montenegrins - 508,843; Croats - 4,526,782; Macedonians - 1,194,784; Moslems (in the meaning of nationality, as such a nationality is recognized in Yugoslavia) - 1,729,932; Slovenians - 1,678,032; Serbians - 8,143,246; Albanians - 1,309,523; Bulgarians - 58,627; Czechs - 24,620; Italians - 21,791; Hungarians - 477,374; Romanians - 58,570; Ruthenians - 24,640; Slovaks - 83,656; Turks - 127,920; Austrians - 852; Greeks - 1,564; Jews - 4,811; Germans - 12,785; Poles - 3,033; Romanies - 78,485; Russians - 7,427; Ukrainians - 13,972; Wallachians - 21,990; and others - 21,722.

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1 [Ed. Note: Formerly Yugoslavia. Effective 4 February 2003, the State of Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. Effective 6 June 2006, the state again changed its name to Republic of Serbia]

a/ For the text of general recommendation IV, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-
eighth Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/9018), chap. X, sect. B, decision 1 (VIII).

CERD A/37/18 (1982)

Annex IV

Comments of States parties on General Recommendation VI adopted by the Committee at its 569th meeting, on 15 March 1982 a/

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YUGOSLAVIA

[Original: English]

[30 June 1992]

1. Expressing its appreciation for the work of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Government of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia supports its efforts to provide conditions, by promoting dialogue with the States parties to the Convention, for an as effective as possible implementation of the principles and provisions of the Convention.

2. The Government of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia shares the opinion of the Committee that regular reporting by the States parties to the Convention, in compliance with article 9, is an essential precondition for its successful work. It is therefore necessary to draw the States parties' attention to the need of regular reporting to the Committee.

3. At the same time, the Yugoslav Government considers that the Committee should examine reasons for not submitting reports by certain States and point to the ways and means of eliminating the causes thereof, since it appears that notices are not sufficient in order to solve this problem.

4. Proceeding from its own practice, the Government of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia considers that only by means of open dialogue with the Committee, consisting of prominent experts in the field, the noble principles and goals of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination can be realized both on national and international levels.

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a/ See chap. IV, part A. para. 45, above.