United Nations A/RES/58/160 General Assembly Distr.: General 2 March 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 115 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2003 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/58/506)] 58/160. 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 56/266 of 27 March 2002, in which it endorsed the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held at Durban, South Africa, from 31 August to 8 September 2001, 1 as constituting a solid foundation for further action and initiatives towards the total elimination of the scourge of racism, Recalling also its resolution 57/195 of 18 December 2002, in which it outlined the important roles and responsibilities of the various organs of the United Nations and other stakeholders at the international, regional and national levels, including, in particular, the Commission on Human Rights, Taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2002/68 of 25 April 2002 2 and 2003/30 of 23 April 2003, 3 Stressing that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, 4 attaches importance to the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, Recognizing that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance occur on the grounds of race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin and that victims can suffer multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination based on other related grounds such as sex, language, religion, political and other opinion, social origin, property, birth and other status, _______________ 1 See A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1, chap. I. See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2002, Supplement No. 3 (E/2002/23), chap. II, sect. A. 3 Ibid., 2003, Supplement No. 3 (E/2003/23), chap. II, sect. A. 4 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. 2 03 50418