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/74/137
Member States, national human rights institutions, relevant civil society organizations
and United Nations agencies, funds and programmes;
26. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Human Rights Council, through its
Advisory Committee, in preparing a study on appropriate ways and means of assessing
the situation regarding racial equality, while identifying possible gaps and overlaps;
27. Also welcomes the commemorative plenary meeting of the General
Assembly held on 25 March 2019 to mark the International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination, on the mitigation and countering of rising nationalist
populism and extreme supremacist ideologies;
28. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-fifth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;
29. Requests the President of the General Assembly and the President of the
Human Rights Council to continue to convene annual commemorative meetings of
the Assembly and the Council during the commemoration of the International Day for
the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, with the appropriate focus and themes, and
to hold a debate on the midterm review of the International Decade for People of
African Descent with the participation of the Secretary-General and the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and in this context encourages the
participation of eminent personalities active in the struggle against racial
discrimination, Member States and civil society organizations in a ccordance with the
rules of procedure of the Assembly and the Council, respectively;
30. Decides to remain seized of this priority matter at its seventy-fifth session
under the item entitled “Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance”.
50th plenary meeting
18 December 2019
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