ANNEXES not racial discrimination exists in their respective territories. The Committee welcomes the inclusion in the reports from all States Parties, which have not done so, of the necessary information in conformity with all the headings set out in the aforementioned communication of the Committee. General Recommendation III (6th session, 1972) The Committee has considered some reports from States Parties containing information about measures taken to implement resolutions of United Nations organs concerning relations with the racist regimes in southern Africa. The Committee notes that, in the tenth paragraph of the preamble to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, States Parties have resolved , inter alia, to build an international community free from all forms of racial segregation and racial discrimination . It notes also that, in article 3 of the Convention, States Parties particularly condemn racial segregation and apartheid . Furthermore, the Committee notes that, in resolution 2784 (XXVI), section III, the General Assembly, immediately after taking note with appreciation of the Committee s second annual report and endorsing certain opinions and recommendations, submitted by it, proceeded to call upon all the trading partners of South Africa to abstain from any action that constitutes an encouragement to the continued violation of the principles and objectives of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by South Africa and the illegal regime in Southern Rhodesia . The Committee expresses the view that measures adopted on the national level to give effect to the provisions of the Convention are interrelated with measures taken on the international level to encourage respect everywhere for the principles of the Convention. The Committee welcomes the inclusion in the reports submitted under article 9, paragraph 1, of the Convention, by any State Party which chooses to do so, of information regarding the status of its diplomatic, economic and other relations with the racist regimes in southern Africa. General Recommendation IV (8th session, 1973) The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Having considered reports submitted by States Parties under article 9 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination at its seventh and eighth sessions, Bearing in mind the need for the reports sent by States Parties to the Committee to be as informative as possible, Invites States Parties to endeavour to include in their reports under article 9 relevant information on the demographic composition of the population referred to in the provisions of article 1 of the Convention. General Recommendation V (15th session, 1977) The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Bearing in mind the provisions of articles 7 and 9 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Convinced that combating prejudices which lead to racial discrimination, promoting understanding, tolerance and friendship among racial and ethnic groups, and propagating the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations and of the human rights declarations and other relevant instruments adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, are important and effective means of eliminating racial discrimination, Considering that the obligations under article 7 of the Convention, which are binding on all States Parties, must be fulfilled by them, including States which declare that racial discrimination is not practised on the territories under their jurisdiction, and that therefore all States Parties are required to include information on their implementation of the provisions of that article in the reports they submit in accordance with article 9, paragraph 1, of the Convention, Noting with regret that few States Parties have included, in the reports they have submitted in accordance with article 9 of the Convention, information on the measures which they have adopted and which give effect to the provisions of article 7 of the Convention, and that that information has often been general and perfunctory, Recalling that, in accordance with article 9, paragraph 1, of the Convention, the Committee may request further information from the States Parties, 1. Requests every State Party which has not already done so to include — in the next report it will submit in accordance with article 9 of the Convention, or in a special report before its next periodic report becomes due — adequate information on the measures which it has adopted and which give effect to the provisions of article 7 of the Convention; 2. Invites the attention of States Parties to the fact that, in accordance with article 7 of the Convention, the information to which the preceding paragraph refers should include information on the immediate and effective measures which they have adopted, in the fields of teaching, education, culture and information , with a view to: (a) Combating prejudices which lead to racial discrimination ; (b) Promoting understanding, tolerance and friendship among nations and racial or ethnical groups ; (c) Propagating the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination as well as the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. ICERD: A GUIDE FOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 27