United Nations
A/RES/65/240
Distr.: General
5 April 2011
General Assembly
Sixty-fifth session
Agenda item 66 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 24 December 2010
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/65/454 and Corr.1)]
65/240. 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 52/111 of 12 December 1997, in which it decided to
convene the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia
and Related Intolerance, and its resolutions 56/266 of 27 March 2002, 57/195 of
18 December 2002, 58/160 of 22 December 2003, 59/177 of 20 December 2004 and
60/144 of 16 December 2005, which guided the comprehensive follow-up to and
effective implementation of the World Conference, and in this regard underlining
the importance of their full and effective implementation,
Recalling also its resolution 64/148 of 18 December 2009, in which it, inter
alia, called for the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference against
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, 1 which
represents an important opportunity for the international community to reaffirm its
commitment to the eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance, including by mobilizing political will at the national, regional
and international levels, with a view to achieving concrete results,
Taking note of Human Rights Council decision 3/103 of 8 December 2006, 2 by
which, heeding the decision and instruction of the World Conference, the Council
established the Ad Hoc Committee of the Human Rights Council on the Elaboration
of Complementary Standards, and encouraging the Committee to continue making
progress in the discharge of its mandate,
Bearing in mind the responsibility and obligations of the Human Rights
Council emanating from the outcome of the Durban Review Conference, 3
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1
See A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1, chap. I.
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/62/53),
chap. II, sect. B.
3
See A/CONF.211/8.
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