A/68/333 The reports on those visits were presented at the twenty-third session of the Human Rights Council. 2 B. Other activities 6. The Special Rapporteur participated in the Symposium on the Varieties of European Racism(s) in Europe organized by the European Network against Racism and the Open Society Foundation in Brussels on 27 and 28 September 2012. 7. On 4 and 5 October 2012 the Special Rapporteur participated in the final expert workshop on the prohibition of incitement to national, racial or religious hatred held in Rabat. The Special Rapporteur also contributed to the tenth session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, held from 8 to 19 October 2012 in Geneva. 8. On 19 November 2012, the Special Rapporteur attended the second National Conference: Malaysia on the Path to Non-Discrimination — Making it Possible, held in Kuala Lumpur. 9. On 14 and 15 May 2013, the Special Rapporteur participated in a conference on Right-wing Extremism and Hate Crime: Minorities under Pressure in Europe and Beyond, organized in Oslo by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway, which brought together international experts to discuss challenges and possible solutions related to the rise of right-wing extremism and hate crime directed towards minorities in Europe and beyond. 10. On 24 and 25 June 2013, the Special Rapporteur attended the International Meeting for Equality and Non-Discrimination in Mexico City, organized by CONAPRED (Mexican National Council to Prevent Discrimination). The meeting brought together international experts to debate and review international efforts to prevent discrimination and share good practices. III. Poverty and racism A. The international normative framework 11. The Special Rapporteur is of the opinion that the issues of poverty and racism are inextricably linked. As has been emphasized in the Durban Declaration, “poverty… [is] closely associated with racism… and contribute[s] to the persistence of racist attitudes and practices which in turn generate more poverty” (para. 18). As the previous Special Rapporteur on racism underlined in his report to the General Assembly in 2009, racial or ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by poverty, and the lack of education, adequate housing and health care transmits poverty from generation to generation and perpetuates racial prejudices and stereotypes in their regard. 3 __________________ 2 3 4/22 A/HRC/23/56/Add.1 and 2. A/64/271, para. 38; see also A/HRC/11/36. 13-43133