A/HRC/25/69 resolution 6/21, was to elaborate, as a matter of priority and necessity, complementary standards in the form of either a convention or additional protocol(s) to the Convention and to provide normative standards aimed at combating all forms of contemporary racism, including incitement to racial and religious hatred. The delegate recalled that paragraph 199 of the DDPA identified that there were gaps and that the task now before the Committee was to address those gaps. The ongoing discussion on the existence or non-existence of the gaps was unnecessary. The Ad Hoc Committee, during its second session, had agreed on areas where victims required increased protection, remedies and the elimination of impunity for the perpetrators of the acts of racism. It reminded the Committee of the plight of the victims of the scourge of racism and called for constructive engagement in the process of elaborating normative standards aimed at combating all forms of contemporary racism, including incitement to racial and religious hatred. With respect to the questionnaire, South Africa had clearly indicated its strong belief that the Convention required complementary standards to address contemporary manifestations of racial discrimination, i.e., xenophobia, Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism, propagation of racist and xenophobic acts through the cyberspace (cybercrime), racial profiling and incitement to racial, ethnic and religious intolerance. 33. The United States stated that, while it saw no need for additional substantive international law instruments in that field, it believed that the mandate of the Committee included promoting initiatives such as consensus action plans that addressed the core areas of concerns, but did not create unnecessary and confusing new international law instruments. While it did not question the relevance of discussing, as planned, two recent Organization of American States (OAS) Conventions (the Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance; and the InterAmerican Convention against All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance), it had repeatedly expressed its view within OAS that there was no need for additional instruments on those topics. The work of the Ad Hoc Committee should not be expanded into areas covered by existing processes such as the Istanbul Process implementing Council resolution 16/18 and its successor resolutions, or the Rabat Plan of Action. The Committee was not the venue to seek implementation or reinterpretation of substantive issues that were being addressed through their own processes. The Committee could however, acknowledge them and highlight the progress in both processes as demonstrative examples of how focusing on practical outcomes through consensus action plans that promoted the implementation of existing obligations and commitments was the best way forward. It stated that there were possibilities to achieve something similar with respect to racial discrimination and intolerance, and the United States could support discussing those processes based on its understanding that they would be discussed as illustrative examples that could help guide the future plans of the Committee. The United States would strongly oppose, and reject, any attempt to involve the Committee in those other processes directly, or to request the Committee to assess or endorse the substantive work done in those other forums. 34. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela stated that it had implemented a law against racial discrimination in 2011, which had established mechanisms to prevent, address and punish racial discrimination in all its manifestations as a crime. Xenophobia was defined therein as rejection, hatred or hostility towards foreign or different ethnic groups. It also reported the establishment of a national institution against racial discrimination as an effective implementation of the provisions of the Convention and the DDPA. It considered the Convention and the DDPA as fundamental pillars of the struggle for the elimination of racial discrimination in all its manifestations. However, in recent years, new manifestations of racism and intolerance, particularly those that incited racial, national or religious hatred had been observed around the world, including in the use of the Internet and other electronic media. 35. Senegal stated that it was surprised at the continued reluctance of some Member States regarding the elaboration of complementary standards. Insidious and provocative 9