United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/66/143
Distr.: General
29 March 2012
Sixty-sixth session
Agenda item 67 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/460)]
66/143. Inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute
to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, 1 the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 the
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 3
and other relevant human rights instruments,
Recalling the provisions of Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2004/16
of 16 April 2004 4 and 2005/5 of 14 April 2005 5 and relevant Human Rights Council
resolutions, in particular resolutions 7/34 of 28 March 2008 6 and 18/15 of
29 September 2011, 7 as well as General Assembly resolutions 60/143 of
16 December 2005, 61/147 of 19 December 2006, 62/142 of 18 December 2007,
63/162 of 18 December 2008, 64/147 of 18 December 2009 and 65/199 of
21 December 2010 on this issue and resolutions 61/149 of 19 December 2006, 62/220
of 22 December 2007, 63/242 of 24 December 2008, 64/148 of 18 December 2009
and 65/240 of 24 December 2010, entitled “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”,
Recalling also the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and the Judgement of
the Tribunal, which recognized, inter alia, the SS organization and all its integral
parts, including the Waffen SS, as criminal and declared it responsible for many war
crimes and crimes against humanity,
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1
Resolution 217 A (III).
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, No. 9464.
4
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2004, Supplement No. 3 (E/2004/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
5
Ibid., 2005, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/2005/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A.
6
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/63/53), chap. II.
7
Ibid., Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/66/53/Add.1 and Corr.1), chap. II.
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