United Nations
A/RES/65/224
Distr.: General
11 April 2011
General Assembly
Sixty-fifth session
Agenda item 68 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 2010
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/65/456/Add.2 (Part II))]
65/224. Combating defamation of religions
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the pledge made by all States, under the Charter of the United
Nations, to promote and encourage universal respect for and observance of all
human rights and fundamental freedoms without distinction as to race, sex,
language or religion,
Recalling the relevant international instruments on the elimination of
discrimination, in particular the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1 the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, 2 the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of
Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, 3 the Declaration on the Human Rights
of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live 4 and the
Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and
Linguistic Minorities, 5
Reaffirming that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and
interrelated,
Recalling the relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and
the Human Rights Council in this regard,
Welcoming the resolve expressed in the United Nations Millennium
Declaration, adopted by the General Assembly on 8 September 2000, 6 to take
measures to eliminate the increasing acts of racism and xenophobia in many
societies and to promote greater harmony and tolerance in all societies, and looking
forward to its effective implementation at all levels,
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1
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, No. 9464.
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
See resolution 36/55.
4
Resolution 40/144, annex.
5
Resolution 47/135, annex.
6
See resolution 55/2.
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