A/RES/64/147
United Nations
Distr.: General
26 March 2010
General Assembly
Sixty-fourth session
Agenda item 67 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2009
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/64/437)]
64/147. Inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute
to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, 1 the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 the
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 3
and other relevant human rights instruments,
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Recalling the provisions of Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2004/16
of 16 April 2004 4 and 2005/5 of 14 April 2005 5 and relevant Human Rights Council
resolutions, in particular resolution 7/34 of 28 March 2008, 6 as well as General
Assembly resolutions 60/143 of 16 December 2005, 61/147 of 19 December 2006,
62/142 of 18 December 2007 and 63/162 of 18 December 2008 on this issue and
resolutions 61/149 of 19 December 2006, 62/220 of 22 December 2007 and 63/242
of 24 December 2008 entitled “Global efforts for the total elimination of racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive
implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of
Action”,
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Recalling also the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and the Judgement of
the Tribunal, which recognized, inter alia, the SS organization and all its integral
parts, including the Waffen SS, as criminal and declared it responsible for many war
crimes and crimes against humanity,
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Resolution 217 A (III).
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
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United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, No. 9464.
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See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2004, Supplement No. 3 (E/2004/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
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Ibid., 2005, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/2005/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A.
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/63/53), chap. II.
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