A/76/434 condemns these and other efforts to discard the powerful human rights equality and racial justice principles and commitments reflected in the document. 10. As discussed in more detail below, it is well known that, amid the vast majority of racial justice advocates at the Conference, a small minority of groups advanced antisemitic statements, in particular through the NGO Forum. But this vocal minority failed to influence the outcome document, namely, the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. The document as it stands thus reflects an international consensus that affirms the rights of Israelis and Palestinians, deplores antisemitism, neo-Nazism and other forms of intolerance and calls for an end to violence against both Israelis and Palestinians. 7 It runs counter to the foundational principles of human rights to condemn the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action for its recognition of the fundamental human rights of Palestinians, including their right as a people to self-determination. It also runs counter to the foundational principles of human rights to equate the rejection of the racial subordination of Palestinians with antisemitism. 11. The General Assembly has made clear that the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action is “the only instructive outcome” of the Conference (Assembly resolution 75/237, fourth preambular paragraph). The controversy that was overcome by the rejection of intolerance should not continue to poison the internat ional consensus that was decades in the making and forged out of racial justice advocacy that spanned continents. 8 12. Nevertheless, rather than using the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action to advance the transnational fight against racism and off ering momentum for new and improved versions of the framework, several States, including those most implicated by its analysis of the historical roots of racism, have instead signalled their intent to abandon the Durban process. In a troubling continuation of action against the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, a number of Member States boycotted the United Nations high-level commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the document. Those States are among some of the greatest beneficiaries of colonialism, slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. The Special Rapporteur calls on States participating in any form of boycott of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action to demonstrate a genuine commitment to racial justice and equality by implementing it instead. 13. In 2020, the world witnessed an unprecedented, transnational racial justice uprising. Following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States, solidarity protests spread around the world under the banner of the Black Lives Matter social movement, as people connected their own experiences of systemic racism with a broader global movement. The Black Lives Matter movement represents the most significant momentum for racial justice since the g rass-roots advocacy and transnational coordination that paved the way for the Conference. The demands of those who took to the streets in 2020 echoed the demands of those who had mobilized to make the Conference and the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action a reality. In the historic urgent debate of the Human Rights Council that followed the event, Member States acknowledged and condemned the existence of systemic racism, pledging to redouble their efforts for justice and equality. Fulfilling those commitments, dismantling systemic racism and racial injustice and combating __________________ 7 8 6/26 Declaration, para. 84; and Programme of Action, paras. 150 –151. It is noteworthy that, immediately following the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, media in Israel publicized an official statement from the c ountry’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which read: “Israel is satisfied that the clauses full of hate and incitement against it and the Jewish nation were removed from the conference ’s final document.” See Yair Sheleg and Nitzan Horowitz, “Israel welcomes Durban Declaration”, Haaretz, 9 September 2001. 21-15325