United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/60/144
Distr.: General
14 February 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 69
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2005
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/60/507 and Corr.1)]
60/144. 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
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 59/177 of 20 December 2004, in which it firmly
consolidated the global drive for the total elimination of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and recognized the absolute
necessity and the imperative nature of the political will for the achievement of the
commitments undertaken in 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, 1
Recalling also its resolution 58/160 of 22 December 2003, in which it decided
to place emphasis on the concrete implementation of the Durban Declaration and
Programme of Action as a solid foundation for a broad-based consensus for further
actions and initiatives towards the total elimination of the scourge of racism,
Recalling further its resolution 57/195 of 18 December 2002, in which it
outlined the important roles and responsibilities of the various organs of the United
Nations and other stakeholders at the international, regional and national levels,
including, in particular, the Commission on Human Rights, and its resolution 56/266
of 27 March 2002, in which it endorsed the Durban Declaration and Programme of
Action as constituting a solid foundation for further action and initiatives towards
the total elimination of the scourge of racism,
Reiterating that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights
and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and wellbeing of their societies, and that any doctrine of racial superiority is scientifically
false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous and must be rejected,
together with theories that attempt to determine the existence of separate human
races,
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See A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1, chap. I.