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colour or ethnic origin, and the provision of any assistance to racist activities,
including the financing thereof;
(b) Declaring illegal and prohibited organizations and organized and all other
propaganda activities that promote and incite racial discrimination, and recognizing
participation in such organizations or activities as an offence punishable by law;
(c) Not permitting public authorities or public institutions, whether national
or local, to promote or incite racial discrimination;
14. Encourages the mass media to promote ideas of tolerance and
understanding among peoples and different cultures;
15. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to draw attention to the
effects of racial discrimination on minorities and migrant workers and members of
their families, especially children and women, in the fields of education, training
and employment and to submit in his report specific recommendations for the
implementation of measures to combat such discrimination;
16. Recognizes the need for adequate support and financial resources for the
Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination and the Programme of
Action for the Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, and
requests the Secretary-General to include in his report to the General Assembly at its
fifty-sixth session concrete proposals on how to ensure the financial and personnel
resources required for the implementation of the Programme of Action, including
through the regular budget of the United Nations and extrabudgetary sources;
17. Expresses its appreciation to those that have made contributions to the
Trust Fund for the Programme of Action for the Third Decade to Combat Racism
and Racial Discrimination, strongly appeals to all Governments, intergovernmental
and non-governmental organizations and individuals in a position to do so to
contribute generously to the Fund, and to this end requests the Secretary-General to
continue to establish the appropriate contacts and undertake the appropriate
initiatives;
18. Welcomes the establishment of the racism project team in the Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with a view to
coordinating all activities of the Third Decade;
19. Urges all Governments, the Secretary-General, United Nations bodies,
the specialized agencies, intergovernmental organizations and relevant nongovernmental organizations, in implementing the Programme of Action, to pay
particular attention to the situation of indigenous people;
20. Requests States to consider the relevant decisions of the Economic and
Social Council on the integrated follow-up to previous world conferences and the
need to make optimum use of all available mechanisms in the struggle against
racism;
21. Strongly underlines the importance of education as a significant means of
preventing and eradicating racism and racial discrimination and of creating
awareness of the principles of human rights, in particular among young people, and
in this regard requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization to continue its work on the preparation and dissemination of teaching
materials and teaching aids to promote teaching, training and educational activities
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