International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March each year. That day in 1960, police opened fire on a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville (South Africa) against the apartheid pass laws, killing 69 people. The General Assembly, in proclaiming the day in 1966, urged international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination (resolution 2142 (XXI)).
In 1979, the General Assembly, as part of its program for the First Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, called upon all States, from 21 March, organized a week solidarity with the peoples struggling against racism and racial discrimination (resolution 34/24).
Zaragoza City Council joined the commemoration on 21 March 1998, coinciding with the inauguration of the Casa de las Culturas. Since then, every year the Department Social Action and the Mayor scheduled a series of actions against racism and in favor of living together the week of March 21
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