<P> The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination stipulates ( in Article 2.2 ) that affirmative action programs may be required of countries that ratified the convention , in order to rectify systematic discrimination . It states , however , that such programs `` shall in no case entail as a consequence the maintenance of unequal or separate rights for different racial groups after the objectives for which they were taken have been achieved . '' </P>
<P> The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination stipulates ( in Article 2.2 ) that affirmative action programs may be required of countries that ratified the convention , in order to rectify systematic discrimination . It states , however , that such programs `` shall in no case entail as a consequence the maintenance of unequal or separate rights for different racial groups after the objectives for which they were taken have been achieved . '' </P>
who was required to have affirmative action programs
who was required to have affirmative action programs
countries that ratified the convention
countries that ratified the convention