A/49/677 English Page 31 8/ Arnold M. Rose, The Roots of Prejudice, UNESCO, Paris, 1951; UNESCO, "Statement on Race and Racial Prejudice", Paris, 1967 and 1978). See Pierre-André Taguieff, op. cit., p. 362. According to the author, 9/ neo-racism no longer presupposes dogmatism and plain inequality in the relations between the races but corresponds to "racist theorizing based on the postulate of the irreducibility, incompatibility or incommunicability or total separation of cultures, mental structures, morals or community traditions". See also the report of the Secretary-General on measures to combat racism and racial discrimination and the role of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1992/11). 10/ See Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.94.XIV.1 (Vol. I, Part 2)). 11/ See Charles Murray and Richard J. Herrnstein, The Bell Curve, New York, Free Press, 1994. 12/ Blacks rightly question why Western culture describes everything that is negative as "black": "black humour", "black economy", "black market", "to be in a black mood", the French expression "être le nègre de quelqu’un" [to describe the act of ghost-writing]; they jokingly say that they "work like a nigger", unconsciously, perhaps, evoking the inhuman working conditions of black slaves. 13/ Amadou Mhatar M’Bow, in the preface to Histoire générale de l’Afrique, vol. I, Méthodologie et préhistoire africaine, Paris, UNESCO/Jeune Afrique, 1980. 14/ See the scientific work done by UNESCO and the scholarly publications of that organization; such as the General History of Africa in eight volumes and works in progress on Islamic culture, the history of Asian, Latin American and Caribbean civilizations, and Slavic cultures. 15/ In its issue of Tuesday, 9 November 1994, the daily newspaper Le Monde printed the front-page headline "La malédiction du continent noir" ["Curse of the Dark Continent"] to emphasize the Africans’ inability to progress. 16/ Nathan Ackerman and Marie Jahoda, Anti-Semitism and Emotional Disorder, New York, Harper, 1950. 17/ Communication dated 12 October 1992 from the International Council of Jewish Women. 18/ This was done by Benin, Bolivia, China, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Mexico, Myanmar, Pakistan, Panama, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Ukraine, Yemen and Zambia. 19/ See Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1993/20 and 1994/64 and Economic and Social Council decision 1993/258. /...

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