A/HRC/28/81 18. The representative of South Africa aligned her delegation with the general statement delivered by the representative of Ethiopia, on behalf of the African Group. She welcomed the incremental approach to dealing with the topics, as guided by the ChairpersonRapporteur. South Africa remained concerned that paragraph 199 of the Durban Programme of Action had become contested, and was also concerned about the lack of progress in elaborating complementary standards to the Convention; she reminded the Committee of its mandate, quoting decision 3/103. In the view of South Africa, the task of the Committee was to address gaps and she therefore urged delegations to transcend their entrenched positions and move in the direction of providing adequate protection and remedies to victims of racism and putting an end to impunity for acts of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. She expressed the delegation’s commitment to working constructively to expedite elaboration of the urgently needed complementary standards to the Convention. 19. The representative of Indonesia stressed that the phenomena of racism, xenophobia and related intolerance still existed and, in some cases, had intensified and took various forms. The important work of the Committee was to achieve a concrete result in respect of what was meant by complementary standards to the Convention. Hate speech with religious and ethnic dimensions was in need of attention. The issue touched on freedom of religion vis-à-vis freedom of expression and opinion. Indonesia valued highly freedom of religion and freedom of expression and believed that those freedoms could go hand in hand within the framework of international human rights law at the national level. Indonesia also realized that those phenomena had a transboundary character, partly due to the rapid development of information and communication technology. Indonesia was of the view that there might be a need for an international instrument to prevent effectively incitement to hostility and violence based on religion or belief. 20. The representative of the United States of America stated that racism was incompatible with his country’s values. He underlined the importance of the Committee’s work, observing that the mandate included promoting consensus action plans and that it should not work on elaborating confusing new international law instruments. Xenophobia was a serious problem; however, addressing it did not require new or revised treaties, but rather the implementation of existing human rights law. The delegation was of the view that those conclusions had been echoed in the opinions of experts who had previously addressed the Committee. 21. The representative of Nigeria aligned his country with the statement made on behalf of the African Group. He highlighted issues of stigmatization and xenophobia and the importance of strengthening international protection for the victims of such abuses and emphasized that refugees, asylum seekers and migrants were particularly vulnerable, underscoring the importance of the work of the Committee. III. General and topical discussions A. Prevention and awareness-raising 22. At the 2nd meeting, the Ad Hoc Committee heard presentations from Patrick Gasser, Senior Football and Social Responsibility Manager, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), Jonas Burgheim, Deputy Head, United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace, and Pavel Klymenko, a representative of the Football against Racism in Europe (FARE) Network, on the agenda topic of “Prevention and awarenessraising, including through human rights education and training, in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance” as it related to sport. 6