A/60/283 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 19 August 2005 English Original: French Sixtieth session Item 71 (a) of the provisional agenda* Elimination of racism and racial discrimination: elimination of racism and racial discrimination The fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Note by the Secretary-General The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the members of the General Assembly the interim report prepared by Mr. Doudou Diène, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 59/177. Summary In this report, the Special Rapporteur reviews the activities in which he participated in the context of the follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. He took part in the deliberations of the sixty-first session of the Commission on Human Rights in March 2005, where he introduced his general report on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (E/CN.4/2005/18), his report on the defamation of religions and global efforts to combat racism: antiSemitism, Christianophobia and Islamophobia (E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.4), his third report on the situation of Muslim and Arab peoples in various parts of the world in the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001 (E/CN.4/2005/19), as well as his reports on his missions to Guatemala (E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.2), Côte d’Ivoire (E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.3), Honduras (E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.5) and Nicaragua (E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.6). The Special Rapporteur also comments on the main issues * A/60/150. 05-46684 (E) 150905 150905 *0546684*