A/HRC/21/59 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 31 August 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-first session Agenda item 9 Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards on its fourth session* ** Chairperson-Rapporteur: Abdul Samad Minty (South Africa) Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council decisions 3/103 and 10/30 and resolution 6/21. The report is a summary of proceedings and the discussions which took place during the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards. With the input of several experts in the relevant fields, substantive discussions took place on the topics of ―Xenophobia‖ and ―Establishment, designation or maintaining of national mechanisms with competences to protect against and prevent all forms and manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance‖ and ―Procedural gaps with regard to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.‖ * ** GE.12-16292 The annexes to the present report are circulated as received, in their language of submission only. Late submission.