Commemorative Meeting of the General Assembly on the Occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

A/DEC/71/549View PDF

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 66 Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, published in 2017.

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10 versions · 2015–2026

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2026	A/DEC/80/530	Commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	—	—
2025	A/DEC/79/554	Commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	99	—
2024	A/DEC/78/547	Commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	—	—
2023	A/DEC/77/554	Commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	—	—
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At its 72nd plenary meeting, on 21 March 2017, the General Assembly, recalling its resolution 71/181 of 19 December 2016 in which it requested the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Human Rights Council to continue to convene annual commemorative meetings of the Assembly and the Council during the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, with the appropriate focus and themes, and to hold a debate on racial profiling and incitement to hatred, including in the context of migration, with the participation of the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and in that context encouraged the participation of eminent personalities active in the struggle against racial discrimination, Member States and civil society organizations in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Assembly and the Council, respectively, decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Ms. Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration, Ms. Anastasia Crickley, Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and Mr. Mutuma Ruteere, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, to make statements at the commemorative meeting.

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