A/RES/62/220
48. Requests the Special Rapporteur 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 by national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, immigrant
populations, asylum-seekers and refugees;
49. 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;
V
Convening of the Durban Review Conference
50. Welcomes the report of the Preparatory Committee for the Durban
Review Conference on its organizational session, 10 and underlines that the
Preparatory Committee shall, at its first substantive session, in accordance with its
decision PC.1/14 of 31 August 2007,2 discuss, inter alia, the organization of the
work of the Conference and other matters, including the allocation of funding from
the regular budget of the United Nations for the convening of the Conference in
2009;
9F
4H
51. Calls upon Member States that are in a position to do so to offer to host
the regional preparatory conferences in their regions, consistent with the objectives
of the Durban Review Conference, and to ensure the widest possible participation in
those conferences, whose outcomes will contribute to the deliberations of the
Preparatory Committee;
52. Requests the Secretary-General to allocate adequate funds from the
regular budget of the United Nations for expenses not covered in Preparatory
Committee decision PC.1/12 of 31 August 2007,2 to facilitate the participation of all
the relevant special procedures and mechanisms of the Human Rights Council in the
meetings of the Preparatory Committee and the regional preparatory conferences;
5H
VI
General
53. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation
of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session;
54. Decides to remain seized of this important matter at its sixty-third
session under an item entitled “Elimination of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance”.
79th plenary meeting
22 December 2007
_______________
10
8
A/62/375.