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procedures, including those concerned with the promotion and protection of human rights of
persons belonging to the national, ethnic, racial or religious groups as outlined in article II of the
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide;
12. Emphasizes the importance, when addressing complex situations that might lead to
genocide as defined in the Convention, of a prompt and comprehensive examination of a set of
multiple factors, including legal factors, the existence of groups at risk, the massive, serious and
systematic violation of human rights, and the resurgence of systematic discrimination, the
prevalence of expressions of hate speech targeting persons belonging to national, ethnic, racial or
religious groups, especially if they are uttered in the context of an actual or potential outbreak of
violence;
13. Encourages States to make use of appropriate international and regional forums to
address the issue of prevention of genocide, including, inter alia, the annual meetings of regional
and thematic organizations and their related human rights machinery, the preparatory process for
the Review Conference on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of
Action and any conferences commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights;
14. Encourages Governments, in cooperation with international and regional
organizations and civil society, while promoting human rights education activities, to
disseminate knowledge of the principles of the Convention, paying particular attention to the
principles of prevention;
15. Requests the High Commissioner to circulate the reports of the Secretary-General
submitted to the Council in order to obtain the views of States, relevant United Nations
agencies, treaty bodies and special procedures on those reports, including on possible
warning signs that might lead to genocide (E/CN.4/2006/84), and to report to the Council at its
tenth session;
16. Invites the High Commissioner, as a matter of high priority and in consultations with
States, to elaborate and implement, within existing resources, appropriate commemorative events
to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide, having also in mind the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
17. Also invites the High Commissioner, as part of the commemorative events, and
as an important contribution to developing preventive strategies, to organize, within
existing resources, a seminar on the prevention of genocide, with the participation of
States, relevant United Nations entities and other international and regional organizations,
civil society, and academic and research bodies, and to publish a paper on the outcome of
the seminar;
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