A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/133 1 March 1999 Fifty-third session Agenda item 108 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/53/623)] 53/133. Measures to combat contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 52/109 of 12 December 1997, and taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/26 of 17 April 1998,1 Bearing in mind the outcome of the World Conference on Human Rights, held at Vienna from 14 to 25 June 1993, in particular the attention given in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action2 to the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, Aware that racism, as one of the exclusionist phenomena plaguing many societies, requires resolute action and cooperation for its eradication, Having examined the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,3 including its conclusions and recommendations, 1 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1998, Supplement No. 3 (E/1998/23), chap. II, sect. A. 2 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. 3 See A/53/269. 99-77059 /...