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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/79
25 February 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 108
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/51/617)]
51/79.
Measures to combat contemporary forms of
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 50/135 of 21 December 1995 and Commission on
Human Rights resolution 1996/21 of 19 April 1996,1
Bearing in mind the outcome of the World Conference on Human Rights,
held at Vienna from 14 to 25 June 1993, and, in particular, the attention
given in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action2 to the elimination of
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance,
Aware that racism, being one of the exclusionist phenomena plaguing many
societies, requires resolute action and cooperation for its eradication,
Having examined the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission
on Human Rights on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance,3 including his conclusions and
recommendations,
Deeply concerned that, despite continuing efforts, racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, as well as acts of
violence, continue to persist and even grow in magnitude, incessantly adopting
new forms, including tendencies to establish policies based on racial,
religious, ethnic, cultural and national superiority or exclusivity,
1
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1996, Supplement
No. 3 (E/1996/23), chap. II, sect. A.
2
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
3
A/51/301, annex.
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