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Agenda for the Conference on International Sport, Politics, Racism and Apartheid. The OPENING SESSION includes WELCOME by Dr. Lloyd C. Blum, President, Meharry Medical College and Gordon Piper, President, Pre-Alumni Association; REMARKS by Representative of the Organization of African Unity; Stafford Neil, Counselor from the Mission from Jamaica to the United Nations; Mohamed Osman, First Secretary of the Mission from Sudan of the U.N.; Ariel Abadilla, Third Secretary, of the Mission from the Philippines of the U.N.; Dennis Brutus, Chairperson of ICARIS and President of SAN-ROC; MESSAGES of SUPPORT by Yolanda Huet-Vaughn, Conference Coordinator and Mistress of Ceremonies. SESSION I includes "International Declaration Against Apartheid in Sports - Draft Convention Against Apartheid in Sport: United Nations Action" Benjamin Law; "The Legal Implications of a UN Treaty Outlawing Apartheid in Sport" Robert Baker; "Preliminary Negotiations; Resistance to a Convention; Tentative Solutions" Dennis Brutus; Discussants Winston Nagan, Shelby Howatt, John Dommissee. SESSION II includes "International Sport and Apartheid; The Commonwealth Countries; Additional Support" Robert Baker; "The Commonwealth Countries and the Gleneagles Declaration; Violations of the Gleneagles Agreement" Introducers Trevor Richards, Tom Newham; "Public Input to Policy Regulation of Transnational Corporations" Introducer Wayne Kamin; "The Multinational Corporations and their Support for Apartheid with Special Reference to Sport" Introducer Donald Temple; Discussants Berry Rigby, Swampo Sie, Basil Clunie. Bruce Kidd. SESSION III includes "United States - South Africa Sports Relations; U.S. Support for Racist Sport; Racism in Tennis" Chairperson Dennis Brutus; "Negotiations with United States Tennis Association; Implications of the Problem; Solutions" Introducer Richard Lapchick; "Actions at Los Angeles Newport Beach on Davis Cup Protest" Introducer Bob Edgar; "The Action of ICARIS/SAN ROC in Initiating Protest" Introducer Ellen Mark; DISCUSSANTS Ray Gould, George Wright, Al Dortch, Prexy Nesbitt, Abdul Alkalimat. CLSOING SESSION includes "Wrap-Up; Resolution of the Problem; Conference Statement" Chairperson Richard Lapchick; "Report from the Resolutions Committee; Adoption of Statement" Introducer Dennis Brutus; Discussants All Participants.

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Conference on International Sport, Politics, Racism and Apartheid AGENDA

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