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116323 - 2nd International Trade Union Conference against Ap |
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| NICA ID= | 116323 |
| CITY= | Geneva |
| PHOTO DATE= | 10/06/1977 |
| HEADER= | World Trade Unions Meet on Intensified Action Against Apartheid |
| CAPTION BACKGROUND= | The Second International Conference of Trade Unions against Apartheid, aimed at intensifying world-wide action to end apartheid, was held on 10 and 11 June in the Assembly Hall of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The General Assembly at its 1976 session authorized its Special Committee against Apartheid to convene the Conference, in response to a call by the Workers' Group at the ILO General Conference in June 1976. The first such Conference was held in June 1973 |
| CAPTION DESCRIPTION= | At the presiding table, from left: Abdulrahim A. FARAH, Assistant-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs, representing the Secretary-General; Amal MUKHERJEE, ILO, Chief, Workers' relations Department; Joseph MORRIS (Canada), Chairman or the Conference and Workers' Group; Francis BLANCHARD, Director-General of ILO; Leslie O. HARRIMAN (Nigeria), Chairman of the UN Special Committee against Apartheid; and Enuga S. REDDY, Director of the UN Centre Against Apartheid |
| CREDIT= | UN Photo/x |
| COUNTRY= | Switzerland |