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Intersessional Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group, established by the Preparatory
Committee for the Durban Review Conference, it discussed the issue of posting on the Internet
information regarding Durban follow-up activities and the Durban Review Conference. The
Secretariat submitted a note to the Working Group which indicated the links to the various
documents posted on the OHCHR website.
6.
Following decision 2/9 of the Preparatory Committee adopted at its first substantive
session in April 2008, in which the Preparatory Committee requested the High Commissioner, in
her capacity as Secretary-General of the Durban Review Conference, to prepare and carry out, in
close cooperation with the Department of Public Information, a worldwide information
campaign with a view to mobilizing support for the objectives of the Durban Review Conference
by all sectors of political, economic, social and cultural life, as well as other interested sectors,
the OHCHR Communications Section, in collaboration with the Department of Public
Information, prepared and began implementing an information campaign that included
information notes, posters, websites, materials and media briefings.
7.
In order that the decision of the Preparatory Committee and the recommendations of the
Intergovernmental Working Group could be implemented, the area of the OHCHR website
dedicated to the anti-racism review process and conference (see paragraph 4 above) was further
enhanced with public information materials. The logo developed at the request of the Preparatory
Committee and made available in four languages for the regional meetings in Brazil and Nigeria
(see paragraph 16 below) was placed on the homepage of the website to facilitate quick and
direct access to the relevant section. The information campaign (see paragraph 6 above)
envisions the further development of the review process and conference website in a way similar
to that followed for the World Conference against Racism of 2001. This dedicated review
process and conference website will contain public information materials and all relevant
documents and will be continuously updated up to and beyond the Conference in April 2009.
B. Increase in collaboration with United Nations agencies and country teams
with regard to the follow-up to and implementation of the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action
1. Collaboration with United Nations agencies
8.
In addressing the challenges connected to racism, OHCHR organizes and participates in
various activities to mainstream the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action into the
mandates, programmes and projects of United Nations specialized agencies. In particular,
OHCHR operates in close partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, especially with regard to its project for an International Coalition of Cities
against Racism, which relies on the instrumental role city authorities and policymakers can play
at the local level to create dynamic synergies in the fight against racism.
9.
OHCHR encourages agencies to get involved in the process, including by transmitting
reports and information material on follow-up to the World Conference against Racism;
dedicating parts on their websites to non-discrimination and/or follow-up to the World
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