Comprehensive Implementation of and Follow-Up to the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

A/RES/56/266View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 117 Elimination of racism and racial discrimination, published in 2002.

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2 versions · 2002–2003

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/57/195

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2003	A/RES/57/195	Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance	3,572	18%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/266	Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance	1,194	–

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17 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance;Error: Reference source not found

Endorses the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted on 8 September 2001 by the Conference;Error: Reference source not found

Expresses its satisfaction with the outcome of the Conference, which constitutes a solid foundation for further action and initiatives;

Recognizes that the success of the Programme of Action will require political will and adequate funding at the national, regional and international levels, and international cooperation;

Requests the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to ensure that the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action are made available as widely as possible among the competent organs and bodies of the United Nations and the specialized agencies in all the official languages of the United Nations;

Invites all relevant organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to become involved in the follow-up to the Conference, and invites specialized agencies and related organizations of the United Nations system to strengthen and adjust, within their respective mandates, their activities, programmes and medium-term strategies to take into account the follow-up to the Conference;

Requests the Secretary-General, the Economic and Social Council, the Commission on Human Rights and other relevant organs and bodies of the United Nations system related to human rights to continue the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, taking into account the relevant recommendations contained in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, and to reflect progress in this regard in their reports, as appropriate;

Invites all human rights treaty-monitoring bodies and all mechanisms and subsidiary bodies of the Commission on Human Rights to consider the relevant provisions of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action in the discharge of their respective mandates;

Invites States to give widespread publicity to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action;

Urges States to establish and implement without delay national policies and action plans to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including their gender-based manifestations;

Calls upon all States to formulate and implement without delay at the national, regional and international levels policies and plans of action to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including their gender-based manifestations;

Supports the decision by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to establish an anti-discrimination unit to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and to promote equality and non-discrimination;

Requests the Secretary-General, in accordance with the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, to appoint five independent eminent experts, one from each region, from among candidates proposed by the Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights, after consultation with the regional groups, to follow the implementation of the provisions of the Declaration and Programme of Action;

Requests the High Commissioner, in follow-up to the Conference, to cooperate with these five independent eminent experts, and to report annually to the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights taking into account information and views provided by States, relevant human rights treaty bodies, special procedures and other mechanisms of the Commission, international, regional and non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions;

Recognizes the critical importance of placing the outcome of the Conference on an equal footing with that of previous United Nations world conferences in the human rights and social fields;

Recognizes that review and appraisal will be critical for effective follow-up to the Conference, and decides to consider the progress made in this regard and to consider, overall, the modalities of the review and appraisal at its fifty-ninth session;

Decides to include in the agenda of its forthcoming sessions, under the item entitled “Elimination of racism and racial discrimination”, a sub-item entitled “Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action”.

Comprehensive Implementation of and Follow-Up to the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

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