A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/54/153 29 February 2000 Fifty-fourth session Agenda item 114 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/54/603)] 54/153. Measures to combat contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 53/133 of 9 December 1998, and taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/78 of 28 April 1999,1 Stressing that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 19932 attaches importance to the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, Convinced that racism, as one of the exclusionist phenomena plaguing many societies, requires resolute action and cooperation for its eradication, 1 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1999, Supplement No. 3 (E/1999/23), chap. II, sect. A. 2 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. 00 29536 /...