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35. Also recommends that all States give due attention to and closely monitor
the way in which the concept of national identity is debated within their societies,
with a view to preventing it from being used as a tool to create artificial differences
among some groups of the population;
36. Expresses concern at recent deeply marked tendencies within numerous
societies to characterize migration as a problem and a threat to social cohesion, and
in this context notes the numerous human rights challenges in combating racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;
37. Recommends that States conduct human rights training, including on the
challenges of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
faced by migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, for law enforcement officials,
especially immigration officials and border police, so that they may act in
conformity with international human rights law;
38. Also recommends that States collect disaggregated data in order to design
appropriate anti-racial discrimination legislation and policies and monitor their
effectiveness, while abiding by some key principles, including self-identification,
the right to privacy, and guaranteeing the consent of those concerned, in the design
and implementation of the exercise;
IV
Outcomes of the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination,
Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the 2009 Durban Review Conference
39. Reaffirms that the General Assembly is the highest intergovernmental
mechanism for the formulation and appraisal of policy on matters relating to the
economic, social and related fields, in accordance with Assembly resolution 50/227
of 24 May 1996, and that, together with the Human Rights Council, it shall
constitute an intergovernmental process for the comprehensive implementation of
and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action;1
40. Emphasizes that the basic responsibility for effectively combating
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance lies with States,
and to this end stresses that States have the primary responsibility to ensure the full
and effective implementation of all commitments and recommendations contained in
the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action as well as the outcome of the
Durban Review Conference,3 and in this regard welcomes the steps taken by
numerous Governments;
41. Calls upon all States that have not yet elaborated their national action
plans on combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance to comply with their commitments undertaken at the World Conference
against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance of
2001;
42. Calls upon all States to formulate and implement without delay, at the
national, regional and international levels, policies and plans of action to combat
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including their
gender-based manifestations;
43. Urges States to support the activities of existing regional bodies or
centres that combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance in their respective regions, and recommends the establishment of such
bodies in all regions where they do not exist;
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