Despite efforts undertaken by the international com- ~e~comed; howe_ver, the con~mumg ':10lence and the munity, the mental attitudes and the ignorance which nsi_ng death-toll m South Afnca remamed a matter_ of led to racial intolerance persisted. However, the fact senous con~ern. The ~embers of the Co~mumty that the consensus with which the Second Decade to wo~ld contmue to m<?mt<?r developme~ts m So_uth Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination had been f\fnca. cl<?sely and mai~tam contacts ~Ith orgamza- proclaimed, by General Assembly resolution 38/14, tio~s ms.Ide and ~utside S<?uth Afnca that were had since been consolidated was to be welcomed. The actively mvolved m promotmg peaceful change m members of the European Community had actively that country. participated in many activities related to the Decade, 27. Mr. GORAJEWSKI (Poland) said that racial and had taken note with interest of the reports of the discrimination and apartheid constituted an affront Secretary-General (E/1986/14 and Add.1 and to human dignity, yet continued to exist in both open E/1986/ 15). and covert forms. It was therefore incumbent upon 23. The States parties to the International Conven- the international community to put a stop to that tion on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial situation. Poland had ratified the International Con- Discrimination had recently learned that the func- vention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial tioning of CERD was jeopardized by the failure of a Discrimination2 and was currently seeking to imple- majority of States to honour their financial obliga- ment the Programme of Action for the Second tions for 1984 and earlier years. The European Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimina- Community called upon those States parties that tion.1 In solidarity with all those who were struggling were in arrears to take urgent action so that the against the apartheid regime, Poland had broken off 
**Analysis**
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