Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and
follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
A/RES/67/155
31. Welcomes Human Rights Council resolution 16/33 of 25 March 2011, 14
by which the Council decided to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for a
period of three years;
32. Reiterates its call to all Member States, intergovernmental organizations,
relevant organizations of the United Nations system and non-governmental
organizations to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur, and calls upon States
to consider responding favourably to his requests for visits so as to enable him to
fulfil his mandate fully and effectively;
33. Reaffirms that any form of impunity condoned by public authorities for
crimes motivated by racist and xenophobic attitudes plays a role in weakening the
rule of law and democracy and tends to encourage the recurrence of such acts;
34. Emphasizes the obligations of States under international law to exercise
due diligence to prevent crimes against migrants perpetrated with racist or
xenophobic motivations, to investigate such crimes and to punish the perpetrators
and that not doing so violates, and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment of, the human
rights and fundamental freedoms of victims, and urges States to reinforce measures
in this regard;
35. Recognizes with deep concern the increase in anti-Semitism,
Christianophobia and Islamophobia in various parts of the world, as well as the
emergence of racial and violent movements based on racism and discriminatory ideas
directed against Arab, Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities, as well as all
religious communities, communities of people of African descent, communities of
people of Asian descent, communities of indigenous people and other communities;
36. Calls upon States parties to fully implement legislation and other
measures already in place to ensure the elimination of all forms of racism, notably
against people of African descent;
37. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
continue to provide States, at their request, with advisory services and technical
assistance to enable them to implement fully the recommendations of the Special
Rapporteur;
38. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with
all the human and financial assistance necessary to carry out his mandate efficiently,
effectively and expeditiously and to enable him to submit a report to the General
Assembly at its sixty-eighth session;
39. Requests the Special Rapporteur, within his mandate, to continue giving
particular attention to the negative impact of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance on the full enjoyment of civil, cultural,
economic, political and social rights;
40. Invites Member States to demonstrate greater commitment to fighting
racism in sport by conducting educational and awareness-raising activities and by
strongly condemning the perpetrators of racist incidents, in cooperation with
national and international sports organizations;
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53),
chap. II, sect. A.
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