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UN — Economic and Social Council — Commission on Human Rights, Thirty-eigth session — Question of Violation of Human Rights and other Fundamental Freedoms
UNITED NATIONS ______ :L)istr. (— ( k ( / A GENEFL iL C .. ‘ i IN JI'i% A E/CN.4/1476 i N u 10 Aucust 1981 SOC AL COUNCIL Origina1 COT'JMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Thirty. -eighth session Item 12 of the draft provisional agende ' Sub--Commission on Prevention of Discrimination auG Protection of Minorities Thirty—f ou ih sossion Item 6 of the provisional agenda QUESTION OF TIE VIOLITION OF tiMidY RIGHTS AND PU 11 TAL HUNEDOMS IN ANY PART CF THE WORE) NYTH PARTICULAR PLEHERENCE TO COLONIAL AND OTHER DEPENDENT COUNTRIES 10:1) TERRITORIES N veea e iOis t193ifro mthaP e na nent Mission of Canada to the LTnited . Nations_Office at e3dcte ecretaGeneral I?The Permanent Mission of Canad.a resents its compliments to the Secretary—General of the United. Nations and. has the honour to refer to the text of a motion adopted. unanimously on 9 June 1981 by the House of Commons of Canada regarding the treatment of the Baha' ± community in Iran. The text cl the motion is attached.. The Permanent Mission would. be grateful ±i the Secretary General would. circulate the text of the motion to the memhers oft he United. Nations Commission on Human Rights as an official document of ilie Cocinission on human Rights in sufficient time for the members of the Sub--Commission on Prevention of :oiscrimiratio and Protection of Minorities to ho made aware oi the motion? s contents when they meet for the 34th session of the Sub--Commission. k/ E/198, 2 , cap cr i 0J. GE.8l— .l1952 BP000460,
B/CM. 4/1476 B/ON. 4/Sub. 2/'47 2 Annex Annex TEXT OF A MOTION P D0P H.D PNAEMOUSLY ON 9 JO} 198 1. BY TI HOUSE OF COI fl ONS OF Ci Ii Motion proposed. by I . Bill Kempling, Member of Parliament (Burlington) seconded. by Ms. Flora MacDonald., I e e:: of Parliament (Kingston and. -the islands). un light of the brutal disregard. for human rights displayed. by the Iranian Government against the Bahai faith in Iran and. in view of the announced. intention of the Government of Iran to destroy all traces of the holiest Bahai shrine and. to desecrate its site (the House of Commons) deplores the decision to d.esecrete the sacred. shrine which three million Bahai around. the world. consider the birthplace and. the s bol of their faith and., should. the Government of Iran continue its persecution, (the House of Commons) urges that the United. Nations Commission on Human Rights takes up once again its investigation of Iranian policy -toward. the Bahai community in Iran.