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13.
Requests the Secretary-General to take the appropriate measures to
disseminate information about the Social Forum, invite the relevant individuals and
organizations to the Social Forum and take all practical measures required for the success
of this initiative;
14.
Invites the 2009 Social Forum to submit a report to the Council;
15.
Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Social Forum with all the
services and facilities necessary to fulfil its activities, and also requests the High
Commissioner to provide all the necessary support to facilitate the convening and
proceedings of the Forum;
16.
Decides to continue consideration of this issue under the relevant agenda item
when the report of the 2009 Social Forum is submitted to the Council.
45th meeting
27 March 2009
[Adopted without a vote. See part II, chap. V.]
10/30
Elaboration of complementary standards to the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling its decision 3/103 of 8 December 2006 in which, heeding the decision and
instruction of the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination,
Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, it decided to establish the Ad Hoc Committee of the
Human Rights Council on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards, with a mandate to
elaborate, as a matter of priority and necessity, complementary standards in the form of
either a convention or additional protocol(s) to the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, filling the existing gaps in the
Convention and also providing new normative standards aimed at combating all forms of
contemporary racism, including incitement to racial and religious hatred,
Recalling also its resolution 3/2 of 8 December 2006, in which it reaffirmed that
there would be no renegotiation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action,
Welcoming the progress achieved during the meetings held during the first and
second parts of the first session of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Human Rights Council on
the Elaboration of Complementary Standards, and expressing the common desire of the
international human rights system and the need to enhance the momentum of this process
with a view to ensuring the timely fulfilment of the mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee,
Recalling the need to provide adequate protection for victims of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, as well as appropriate remedies while
combating all forms of impunity in this regard,
1.
Endorses the road map adopted by the Ad Hoc Committee of the Human
Rights Council on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards during the second part of
its first session as a guiding framework document for all future work in this regard;
2.
Requests the Chairperson-Rapporteur to ensure that the outcome referred to
in the road map is circulated in a timely manner to all stakeholders, in order that
complementary standards to strengthen and update international instruments against racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in all their aspects may be
elaborated from the second session onwards;
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