(i)
To request that the Ad Hoc Committee convene its first session before
the end of 2007 and use all the documents presented to it as background material for
commencing its process of elaborating complementary standards, and that one of its
main priorities be to ensure that the requisite legal instrument(s) is/are produced for
negotiations;
(j)
To request that the High Commissioner give visibility and a high
profile to the Anti-Discrimination Unit within her Office and provide it with all the
necessary and additional resources to ensure its effectiveness, particularly in view of
the current challenges of racial and religious discrimination, so that the Unit ensures
that the High Commissioner makes a positive contribution and plays a leadership role
in the global efforts to combat all the resurgent scourges of racism;
(k)
To retain this priority issue on its programme of work and to review
progress at its fourth session.
[In favour:
Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon,
China, Cuba, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jordan,
Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,
Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa,
Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Uruguay, Zambia.
Against:
Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands,
Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Switzerland, United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Abstaining:
Ukraine.]
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