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48. Urges States to support the activities of existing regional bodies or
centres that combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance in their respective regions, and recommends the establishment of such
bodies in all regions where they do not exist;
49. Calls upon those States that have not yet done so to consider signing and
ratifying or acceding to the instruments enumerated in paragraph 78 of the Durban
Programme of Action;
50. Emphasizes the fundamental and complementary role of national human
rights institutions, regional bodies or centres and civil society, working jointly with
States towards the elimination of all forms of racism and, in particular, towards the
achievement of the objectives of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
in this regard;
51. Recognizes the fundamental role of civil society in the fight against
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in particular in
helping States to develop regulations and strategies, in taking measures and action
against such forms of discrimination and through follow-up implementation;
52. Reaffirms its commitment to eliminating all forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of related intolerance against
indigenous peoples, and in this regard notes the attention paid to the objectives of
combating prejudice, eliminating discrimination and promoting tolerance,
understanding and good relations among indigenous peoples and all other segments
of society in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; 12
53. Acknowledges that the World Conference of 2001, which was the third
world conference against racism, was significantly different from the previous two
conferences, as evidenced by the inclusion in its title of two important components
relating to contemporary forms of racism, namely, xenophobia and related
intolerance;
54. Also acknowledges that the outcomes of the World Conference and the
Durban Review Conference have the same status as the outcomes of all the major
United Nations conferences, summits and special sessions in the human rights and
social fields;
55. Emphasizes the critical importance of increasing public support for the
Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the involvement of relevant
stakeholders in its realization;
56. Requests the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat to
compile and disseminate, within existing resources, in a single combined
publication, the political declaration on the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the
Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome document of the
Durban Review Conference, with a view to increasing global support for and
awareness of these documents, as well as to establish a programme of outreach
through public information campaigns at all levels;
57. Calls upon Member States and the United Nations system to intensify
efforts to widely distribute copies of the Durban Declaration and Programme of
Action, and encourages efforts to ensure its translation and wide dissemination;
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