A global call for concrete action for the 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 A/RES/80/193 withdrawing their reservations to article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; 5. Expresses concern at the underreporting by States Parties on measures they have adopted to give effect to the provisions of the Convention and in line with their obligations under its article 9; 6. Notes the work undertaken by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to recommend legal and policy measures, through its general recommendations, to address racism and racial discrimination, in particular on the follow-up on the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance 14 and, recently, on equality and freedom from racial discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; 7. Urges States to prevent discrimination, protect individuals against harm and promote dignity and equality for all members of society by combating structural inequalities through comprehensive strategies that address the root causes of health inequities and promote social justice, equality and inclusion; 8. Underlines that certain provisions of the Convention do not respond effectively to contemporary manifestations of racial discrimination, in particular in relation to xenophobia and related intolerance, which is recognized as the rationale behind the convening of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in 2001; 9. Takes note of the acknowledgement by the Human Rights Council and its subsidiary structures of the existence of both procedural and substantive gaps in the Convention, which must be filled as a matter of urgency, necessity and priority; 10. Also takes note of the work of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which, at its fifteenth session, continued discussions on the elaboration of a draft additional protocol to the Convention to fill existing gaps through the development of new normative standards aimed at combating all forms of contemporary and resurgent scourges of racism, and further takes note of the report on the fifteenth session of the Committee 15 in this regard; 11. Decides that the Chair-Rapporteur of the Ad Hoc Committee may request that the annual session of the Ad Hoc Committee be split into two full one -week segments; 12. Requests the Chair-Rapporteur of the Ad Hoc Committee to present a progress report to the General Assembly at its eighty -first session and carry out consultations with New York-based delegations and stakeholders in order to continue progress in the elaboration of complementary standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; II Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action 13. Reiterates that the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination _______________ 14 General recommendation No. 28 (2002) on the follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/57/18), chap. XI, sect. E). 15 A/HRC/60/73. 6/13 25-20895