The Bahamas Committee on Southern Africa (BCOSA), a non-governmental organization (NGO) that was registered with the United Nations as an anti-apartheid organization. BCOSA worked to increase public awareness of the plight of persons who suffer from racial persecution and promoted the belief that apartheid violated the basic human rights of the...
The Bahamas Committee on Southern Africa (BCOSA), a non-governmental organization (NGO) that was registered with the United Nations as an anti-apartheid organization. BCOSA worked to increase public awareness of the plight of persons who suffer from racial persecution and promoted the belief that apartheid violated the basic human rights of the individual, including the right to self determination. BCOSA supported mandatory sanctions against South Africa. In 1988 the Committee organized a march to commemorate the seventieth birthday of Mr. Nelson Mandela. In September of the same year, the Committee held a public seminar to discuss issues facing South Africa and Namibia. Frederick Audley Mitchell Jr. was a founder. (Source:
Fred Mitchell Biography accessed May 15, 2010; and
REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 9 OF THE CONVENTION, Fourteenth periodic reports of States parties due in 2002, Addendum, Bahamas , CERD/C/428/Add.1, COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, United Nations, September 16, 2003, accessed May 15, 2010.)
