A/59/329 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 7 September 2004 English Original: French Fifty-ninth session Item 105 (a) of the provisional agenda* Elimination of racism and racial discrimination: elimination of racism and racial discrimination The fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Note by the Secretary-General** The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the members of the General Assembly the interim report prepared by Mr. Doudou Diène, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 58/160. Summary In this report, the Special Rapporteur reviews the activities in which he participated in the context of the follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. He took part in the deliberations of the sixtieth session of the Commission on Human Rights in March 2004, where he introduced his second report on the situation of Muslim and Arab peoples in various parts of the world in the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001 (E/CN.4/2004/19), his general report on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (E/CN.4/2004/18), his reports on his missions to Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago (E/CN.4/2004/18/Add.1), Canada (E/CN.4/2004/Add.2) and Colombia (E/CN.4/2004/18/Add.3) and his preliminary * A/59/150. ** This document is submitted late so as to include the most up-to-date information possible. 04-50055 (E) 071004 *0450055*