United Nations
A/RES/60/150
General Assembly
Distr.: General
20 January 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 71 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2005
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/60/509/Add.2 (Part II))]
60/150. Combating defamation of religions
The General Assembly,
Recalling that all States have pledged themselves, under the Charter of the
United Nations, to promote and encourage universal respect for and observance of
human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex,
language or religion,
Recalling also the relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights in
this regard,
Recalling further the United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted by the
General Assembly on 8 September 2000, 1 welcoming the resolve expressed in the
Millennium Declaration to take measures to eliminate the increasing acts of racism
and xenophobia in many societies and to promote greater harmony and tolerance in
all societies, and looking forward to its effective implementation at all levels,
including in the context of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
adopted by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination,
Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa, from 31 August
to 8 September 2001, 2
Recalling the proclamation of the Global Agenda for Dialogue among
Civilizations, 3 and inviting States, the organizations and bodies of the United
Nations system, within existing resources, other international and regional
organizations and civil societies to contribute to the implementation of the
Programme of Action contained in the Global Agenda,
Welcoming the progress achieved in the follow-up to the Durban Declaration
and Programme of Action,
Noting with regret the cancellation of the meeting on the theme “Civilization
and harmony: values and mechanisms of the global order”, which was to be held in
Istanbul, Turkey, in 2004 as a follow-up to the Organization of the Islamic
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1
See resolution 55/2.
See A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1, chap. I.
3
See resolution 56/6.
2
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