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37.
Requests the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the Office on Genocide
Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect and with relevant entities of the United Nations
system, Governments and other stakeholders, to help to ensure the success of the observance
by the United Nations of the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims
of the Crime of Genocide and the Prevention of This Crime and to assist Member States,
upon request and in compliance with the provisions of resolution 69/323 relating to funding,
in organizing activities for the observance of the International Day;
38.
Expresses concern at the spread of disinformation and misinformation,
particularly on social media platforms, which can be designed and implemented so as to
mislead, to spread racism, intolerance, xenophobia, negative stereotyping and stigmatization,
and to violate and abuse human rights;
39.
Invites the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of
Genocide to continue to execute the activities under her mandate, including in the follow-up
to the present resolution, by providing States with guidance, assistance and follow-up, upon
their request;
40.
Requests the Secretary-General to draw up a roster of focal points and networks
on the prevention of genocide with updated information from Member States;
41.
Also requests the Secretary-General to prepare a follow-up report based on
information provided by States and other stakeholders on the implementation of the
provisions of the present resolution, with a particular focus on the impact of technological
advances on prevention of genocide efforts, and on the risks of the perpetration of genocide,
and to submit the report to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-third session and to the
General Assembly;
42.
Decides to convene, before its fifty-sixth session, a one-day intersessional
meeting to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and to discuss the role of social media platforms and
their instrumentalization by those seeking to spread hate leading to real-world discrimination
and violence, which will provide a space for a thorough examination of the issue and a
dialogue with various stakeholders;
43.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to liaise with States, relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, the Special Adviser
to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, the treaty bodies, the special
procedures of the Human Rights Council and regional human rights mechanisms, as well as
with civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and national human rights
institutions and other stakeholders, including academic experts, transnational corporations
and other business enterprises, with a view to ensuring their participation in the meeting;
44.
Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a summary
report on the intersessional meeting and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its fiftyninth session and to the General Assembly;
45.
Invites the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of
Genocide to an interactive dialogue with the Human Rights Council at its fifty-third session
on the progress made in discharging her/his duties;
46.
Decides to continue its consideration of this issue in accordance with its
programme of work.
55th meeting
31 March 2022
[Adopted without a vote.]
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