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governmental organizations to organize and participate in the activities of the
fifteenth anniversary;
(c)
Invites relevant stakeholders, including non-governmental organizations,
to participate fully in the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption
of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
60.
The Working Group highlights the importance of increasing public support for
the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the involvement of relevant
stakeholders in its realization. In that regard the Working Group:
(a)
Invites Member States, international and regional organizations, civil
society and other stakeholders to organize various initiatives to commemorate the
fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of
Action that have high visibility and that celebrate positive developments, address
remaining challenges and are aimed at effectively increasing awareness at all levels;
(b)
Encourages the timely creation of a web page devoted to the
commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action, at www.un.org. The web page on the fifteenth
anniversary should also contain links to the websites of the World Conference against
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance of 2001, the
Durban Review Conference, the tenth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and
Programme of Action and the International Decade for People of African Descent;
(c)
Calls upon the Office to intensify efforts to widely distribute copies of
and information about the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the
outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, as well as the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, including
through the best use of the aforementioned website;
(d)
Encourages the Office and the Department of Public Information to
prepare user-friendly materials containing information on the commemoration of the
fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of
Action and widely disseminate them, through such means and structures as United
Nations information centres;
(e)
Encourages Member States to consider organizing events, including
those of a cultural nature, related to the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary
of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action;
(f)
Encourages the Office to develop a multi-year programme of activities to
provide for the renewed and strengthened outreach activities needed to inform and
mobilize the global public in support of the Durban Declaration and Programme of
Action and to strengthen awareness of the contribution that it has made in the
struggle against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
C.
Racism and poverty
61.
The Working Group:
(a)
Reaffirms that poverty, underdevelopment, marginalization, social
exclusion and economic disparities are closely associated with racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and contribute to the persistence
of racist attitudes and practices which in turn generate more poverty;
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