United Nations A/RES/63/242 General Assembly Distr.: General 22 January 2009 Sixty-third session Agenda item 62 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 24 December 2008 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/63/428)] 63/242. 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 The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 52/111 of 12 December 1997, in which it decided to convene the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, and its resolutions 56/266 of 27 March 2002, 57/195 of 18 December 2002, 58/160 of 22 December 2003, 59/177 of 20 December 2004 and 60/144 of 16 December 2005, which guided the comprehensive follow-up to and effective implementation of the World Conference, and in this regard underlining the importance of their full and effective implementation, Noting its resolution 61/149 of 19 December 2006, in which it decided to convene in 2009 a review conference on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, 1 hereinafter referred to as the Durban Review Conference, to be conducted within the framework of the General Assembly, and its resolution 62/220 of 22 December 2007, 0F Noting also, in the above context, the decisions adopted by the Preparatory Committee for the Durban Review Conference at its organizational session 2 and its first 3 and second 4 substantive sessions, including decision PC.1/13 on the objectives of the Durban Review Conference and decision PC.2/8 on the structure of the outcome document, 1F 2F 3F Noting further all the relevant resolutions and decisions of the Commission on Human Rights and of the Human Rights Council on this subject, and calling for their implementation, _______________ 1 See A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1, chap. I. See A/62/375. 3 See A/63/112. 4 See A/CONF.211/PC.3/11 and Corr.1; see also A/63/112/Add.1. 2 08-48531