United Nations A/RES/56/265 General Assembly Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 117 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Third Committee (A/56/581)] 56/265. Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 55/84 of 4 December 2000, Reaffirming that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance constitute a negation of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 Reaffirming also its firm determination and its commitment to eradicate totally and unconditionally racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Recalling with satisfaction the proclamation in resolution 48/91 of 20 December 1993 of the Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, which began in 1993, and the adoption in resolution 49/146 of 23 December 1994 of the revised Programme of Action for the Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, Noting with grave concern that, despite the efforts of the international community, the principal objectives of the three Decades have not been attained and that countless human beings continue to the present day to be the victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Welcoming the fact that the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held at Durban, South Africa, from 31 August to 8 September 2001, urged States and the international community to support the activities of the Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, Recognizing that the Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the Conference 2 addressed a wide range of practical issues which could complement the Programme of Action for the Third Decade, _______________ 1 2 01 49778 Resolution 217 A (III). See A/CONF.189/12, chap. I. Distr.: General 15 May 2002