Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

Encourages the General Assembly to adopt a resolution, at its seventy-fifth session, in which it requests the organization of a one-day high-level plenary event to mark the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action during the high-level segment of its seventy-sixth session, with the aim of proclaiming its determination to make the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and the protection of the victims thereof, a high priority for all countries;

Encourages States and communities to commemorate the twentieth anniversary in all regions through a wide range of activities;

Invites Member States, intergovernmental organizations and other stakeholders to consider providing support to enable non-governmental organizations to organize and participate in activities linked to the twentieth anniversary;

Invites Member States, international and regional organizations, civil society representatives and other stakeholders to organize various initiatives, with high visibility, to celebrate positive developments and to address remaining challenges, which will effectively increase awareness at all levels;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to organize the panel discussion, and to liaise with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, States, relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, as well as with representatives of civil society, non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions with a view to ensuring their participation in the panel discussion;

Calls upon Member States and the United Nations system to intensify efforts to widely distribute copies of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, and encourages efforts to ensure its translation and wide dissemination;

Requests the High Commissioner to prepare a summary report on the outcome of the panel discussion;

Also requests the High Commissioner to prepare public information materials on the twentieth anniversary, to be disseminated at various events, through United Nations information centres and the website of the Office of the High Commissioner and of other United Nations entities.