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46. Encourages closer collaboration between the Special Rapporteur and the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in particular
the Anti-Discrimination Unit;
47. Urges the High Commissioner to provide States, at their request, with
advisory services and technical assistance to enable them to implement fully the
recommendations of the Special Rapporteur;
48. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with
all the human and financial assistance necessary to carry out his mandate efficiently,
effectively and expeditiously and to enable him to submit a report to the General
Assembly at its sixty-fourth session;
49. Requests the Special Rapporteur to continue giving particular attention to
the negative impact of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance on the full enjoyment of civil, cultural, economic, political and social
rights by national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, immigrant
populations, asylum-seekers and refugees;
50. Invites Member States to demonstrate greater commitment to fighting
racism in sport by conducting educational and awareness-raising activities and by
strongly condemning the perpetrators of racist incidents, in cooperation with
national and international sports organizations;
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Convening of the Durban Review Conference
51. Welcomes the reports of the Preparatory Committee for the Durban
Review Conference on its organizational session2 and its first3 and second4
substantive sessions, and endorses the decisions contained therein;
52. Calls upon all Member States to participate in the Durban Review
Conference;
53. Expresses its appreciation for the convening of the regional preparatory
meeting for the Durban Review Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean in
Brasilia from 17 to 19 June 2008 and the regional preparatory meeting for Africa in
Abuja from 24 to 26 August 2008;
54. Takes note of the contributions by Member States, regional groups and
all other relevant stakeholders consistent with the objectives of the Durban Review
Conference, in accordance with decision PC.1/10 of the Preparatory Committee; 2
55. Reaffirms that the Durban Review Conference will be undertaken on the
basis of and with full respect for the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action1
and that there will be no renegotiation of the existing agreements therein, and that
the issues raised will be in conformity with the contents of the Declaration and
Programme of Action;
56. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights to undertake initiatives to encourage contributions to the
voluntary fund established pursuant to decision PC.1/12 of the Preparatory
Committee,2 including the decision to appeal for contributions from extrabudgetary
resources to cover the costs of participation of representatives of the least developed
countries in the Durban Review Conference;
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