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13. Welcomes and encourages the continuing efforts of all actors in society,
including non-governmental organizations and bodies and groups based on religion
or belief, to promote the implementation of the Declaration on the Elimination of
All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, 4 and
further encourages their work in promoting freedom of religion or belief and in
highlighting cases of religious intolerance, discrimination and persecution;
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14. Recommends that States, the United Nations and other actors, including
non-governmental organizations and bodies and groups based on religion or belief,
in their efforts to promote freedom of religion or belief, ensure the widest possible
dissemination of the text of the Declaration, in as many different languages as
possible, and promote its implementation;
15. Welcomes the work and the interim report of the Special Rapporteur of
the Human Rights Council on freedom of religion or belief; 5
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16. Urges all Governments to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur, to
respond favourably to her requests to visit their countries and to provide all
necessary information for the effective fulfilment of her mandate;
17. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Special Rapporteur
receives the resources necessary to fully discharge her mandate;
18. Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit an interim report to the
General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session;
19. Decides to consider the question of the elimination of all forms of
religious intolerance at its sixty-fifth session under the item entitled “Promotion and
protection of human rights”.
65th plenary meeting
18 December 2009
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See resolution 36/55.
See A/64/159.
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