United Nations
A/RES/56/267
General Assembly
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 117
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/56/581)]
56/267. Measures to combat contemporary forms of racism and
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 55/83 of 4 December 2000, and taking note of
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2001/5 of 18 April 2001, 1
Recognizing that the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by
the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and
Related Intolerance 2 addressed a wide range of practical issues, including measures
to combat contemporary manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance,
Stressing that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by
the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, 3 attaches importance to
the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of
intolerance,
Reaffirming the spirit of renewed political will and commitment to combat the
scourge of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, from
which no country is free,
Convinced that racism, as one of the exclusionist phenomena plaguing many
societies, requires resolute action and cooperation for its eradication,
Deeply concerned that, despite continued efforts, racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance and acts of violence 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,
Particularly alarmed at the increase in racist violence in many parts of the
world, inter alia, as a result of the resurgent activities of associations established on
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1
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2001, Supplement No. 3 (E/2001/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
2
See A/CONF.189/12, chap. I.
3
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
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