A/HRC/6/22
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Bearing in mind paragraph 5 (h) of General Assembly resolution 60/251 in which it was
decided that the Council shall work in close cooperation with regional organizations,
Bearing in mind also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the
World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, which reiterates, inter alia, the need to
consider the possibility of establishing regional and subregional arrangements for the promotion
and protection of human rights where they do not already exist,
Reaffirming that regional arrangements play an important role in promoting and protecting
human rights and should reinforce universal human rights standards, as contained in international
human rights instruments,
1.
Welcomes progress made by Governments in the establishment of regional and
subregional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights as well as their
achievements in all regions of the world;
2.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene
in 2008 a workshop for an exchange of views on good practices, added value and challenges for
such regional arrangements, with the participation of representatives of the relevant regional and
subregional arrangements from different regions, experts as well as all interested United Nations
Member States, observers, national human rights institutions and representatives of
non-governmental organizations, based on arrangements, including Economic and Social
Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996 and practices observed by the Commission on
Human Rights;
3.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to present to the Council a summary
of the discussions of the workshop, at a moment in conformity with the programme of work of
the Council.
22nd meeting
28 September 2007
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. VIII.]
6/21. Elaboration of international complementary standards
to the International Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Racial Discrimination
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted in September 2001 by
the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
Intolerance (A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1),
Recalling also the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, proclaimed by the General Assembly in resolution 2106 A (XX) of
4 January 1969,
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