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development, and evolve into a basis for consideration of an international legal standard of
a binding nature through a collaborative process of engagement;
7.
Encourages the High Commissioner to pursue her efforts, in fulfilment of her
mandated responsibility, to enhance support for the promotion and protection of the
realization of the right to development, taking as reference the Declaration on the Right to
Development, all General Assembly, Commission on Human Rights and Human Rights
Council resolutions on the right to development, and agreed conclusions and
recommendations of the Working Group;
8.
Decides to review the progress of the implementation of the present
resolution as a matter of priority at its future sessions.
38th meeting
30 September 2011
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 45 to none, with 1 abstention. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic,
Djibouti, Ecuador, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan,
Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,
Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Republic of Moldova,
Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland,
Thailand, Uganda, Uruguay
Abstaining:
United States of America]
18/27
From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 56/266 of 27 March 2002, in which the
Assembly endorsed the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action,
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 57/195 of 18 December 2002, in which
the Assembly assigned responsibilities to the relevant United Nations institutions to ensure
the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action at the
international level,
Recalling further Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2002/68 of 25 April
2002 and 2003/30 of 23 April 2003, and Human Rights Council resolution 9/14 of 24
September 2008,
Welcoming General Assembly resolution 65/36 of 6 December 2010, containing the
programme of activities for the International Year for People of African Descent,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 65/240 of 24 December 2010,
Underlining the fact that the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action represents an important opportunity for the world
community to reaffirm its political will and commitment to the eradication of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and that maximum efforts should be
made to celebrate the anniversary in all regions through a wide range of activities,
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