United Nations
A/RES/65/199
Distr.: General
3 March 2011
General Assembly
Sixty-fifth session
Agenda item 66 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 2010
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/65/454 and Corr.1)]
65/199. Inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute
to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, 1 the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 the
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 3
and other relevant human rights instruments,
Recalling the provisions of Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2004/16
of 16 April 2004 4 and 2005/5 of 14 April 2005 5 and relevant Human Rights Council
resolutions, in particular resolution 7/34 of 28 March 2008, 6 as well as General
Assembly resolutions 60/143 of 16 December 2005, 61/147 of 19 December 2006,
62/142 of 18 December 2007, 63/162 of 18 December 2008 and 64/147 of
18 December 2009 on this issue and resolutions 61/149 of 19 December 2006,
62/220 of 22 December 2007, 63/242 of 24 December 2008 and 64/148 of
18 December 2009, entitled “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”,
Recalling also the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and the Judgement of
the Tribunal, which recognized, inter alia, the SS organization and all its integral
parts, including the Waffen SS, as criminal and declared it responsible for many war
crimes and crimes against humanity,
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1
Resolution 217 A (III).
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, No. 9464.
4
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2004, Supplement No. 3 (E/2004/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
5
Ibid., 2005, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/2005/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A.
6
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/63/53), chap. II.
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