UN — Economic and Social Council — Commission on Human Rights, Thirty-eigth session — Question of Violation of Human Rights and other Fundamental Freedoms

          
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          A E/CN.4/1476
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          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.
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          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.