RES/22/30 Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
Document Type: Final Resolution
Date: 2013 Apr
Session: 22nd Regular Session (2013 Feb)
Agenda Item: Item9: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
Topic: Racism, International Human Rights System
- Main sponsors54
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Gabon
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Eswatini
Tanzania, United Republic of
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
- Co-sponsors7
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- In Favour
Angola
Argentina
Benin
Botswana
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Chile
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Ecuador
Ethiopia
Gabon
Guatemala
India
Indonesia
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Libya
Malaysia
Maldives
Mauritania
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Qatar
Sierra Leone
Thailand
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Abstaining
Austria
Czechia
Estonia
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Moldova, Republic of
Montenegro
Poland
Romania
Spain
Switzerland
- Against
United States
GE.13-13013
Human Rights Council Twenty-second session
Agenda item 9 Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
forms of intolerance, follow-up and implementation of
the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
22/30.
Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of
the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
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 all previous resolutions of the General Assembly on this matter, and underlining the need for States to implement their national plans of action to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,
Recalling further all its previous resolutions and those of the Commission on Human Rights, in particular Human Rights Council resolutions 1/5 of 30 June 2006 and 11/12 of 18 June 2009, in which the Council renewed and extended the mandate of the Intergovernmental Working Group,
Underlining that the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance remains a solid basis and the only instructive outcome of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance for the combating of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,
1. Takes note of the efforts made by the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action in its constructive work aimed at the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference;
2. Decides to extend the mandate of the Intergovernmental Working Group for a period of three years;
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its twenty-second session (A/HRC/22/2), chap. I.
3. Also decides to remain seized of this important issue under the relevant agenda item.
50th meeting
22 March 2013
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 34 to 1, with 12 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour: Angola, Argentina, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Against: United States of America
Abstaining: Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Spain, Switzerland]