UN General Assembly resolution 2142 (XXI)
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UN General Assembly resolution 2142 (XXI) is the 1966 measure by which the UN established the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed annually on 21 March.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| UN General Assembly resolution 2142 (XXI) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10654019 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UN General Assembly resolution 2142 (XXI) Context triple: [International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, UNResolution, UN General Assembly resolution 2142 (XXI)]
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UN General Assembly Resolution 2222 (XXI)
UN General Assembly Resolution 2222 (XXI) is the 1966 United Nations resolution by which the General Assembly adopted and opened for signature the Outer Space Treaty, establishing key principles governing the peaceful use and exploration of outer space.
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UN General Assembly resolution 2106 (XX)
UN General Assembly resolution 2106 (XX) is the 1965 UN measure by which the General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, a core global human rights treaty against racial discrimination.
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United Nations General Assembly resolution 45/212
United Nations General Assembly resolution 45/212 is a 1990 UN measure that launched the formal international process to negotiate what became the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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UN General Assembly resolution 48/126
UN General Assembly resolution 48/126 is the 1993 UN measure that officially designated 1995 as the United Nations Year for Tolerance to promote global understanding and respect among cultures and peoples.
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E.
United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/180
United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/180 is the 1979 measure by which the UN formally adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), a landmark international treaty on women’s rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UN General Assembly resolution 2142 (XXI) Target entity description: UN General Assembly resolution 2142 (XXI) is the 1966 measure by which the UN established the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed annually on 21 March.
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A.
UN General Assembly Resolution 2222 (XXI)
UN General Assembly Resolution 2222 (XXI) is the 1966 United Nations resolution by which the General Assembly adopted and opened for signature the Outer Space Treaty, establishing key principles governing the peaceful use and exploration of outer space.
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B.
UN General Assembly resolution 2106 (XX)
UN General Assembly resolution 2106 (XX) is the 1965 UN measure by which the General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, a core global human rights treaty against racial discrimination.
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C.
United Nations General Assembly resolution 45/212
United Nations General Assembly resolution 45/212 is a 1990 UN measure that launched the formal international process to negotiate what became the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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D.
UN General Assembly resolution 48/126
UN General Assembly resolution 48/126 is the 1993 UN measure that officially designated 1995 as the United Nations Year for Tolerance to promote global understanding and respect among cultures and peoples.
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E.
United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/180
United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/180 is the 1979 measure by which the UN formally adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), a landmark international treaty on women’s rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations General Assembly resolution
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international legal instrument ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| adoptedIn | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1966-10-26 ⓘ |
| adoptionYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
encourage action to end racial discrimination
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promote awareness of racial discrimination ⓘ |
| callsFor |
intensified efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination
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international cooperation against racial discrimination ⓘ |
| category |
1966 in international relations
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United Nations General Assembly resolutions concerning racism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concerns |
fundamental human rights
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racial discrimination ⓘ |
| designatesDate | 21 March ⓘ |
| designatesObservance | annual ⓘ |
| documentType | resolution ⓘ |
| encourages |
Member States to observe 21 March
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educational activities against racial prejudice ⓘ |
| establishes | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn | United Nations calendar of international days NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | non-binding resolution ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | concern over apartheid and racial segregation policies ⓘ |
| number | 2142 ⓘ |
| observanceDate | 21 March ⓘ |
| observanceFrequency | yearly ⓘ |
| partOf | United Nations efforts against racism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proclaims | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizes | seriousness of racial discrimination worldwide ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
NERFINISHED
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Sharpeville massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sessionNumber | 21 ⓘ |
| subject |
elimination of racial discrimination
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human rights ⓘ racial equality ⓘ |
| symbol | XXI ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: UN General Assembly resolution 2142 (XXI) Description of subject: UN General Assembly resolution 2142 (XXI) is the 1966 measure by which the UN established the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed annually on 21 March.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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UNResolution
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UN General Assembly resolution 2142 (XXI)
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