DRAFT programe of work
Regional conference for Latin America and the Caribbean preparatory to the Durban Review Conference
17 to 19 June 2008, Brasilia, Brazil


 Tuesday 
17June 2008 Wednesday 
18 June 2008 Thursday
19 June 2008
Morning





10 a.m. to 
1 p.m. Item 1: Opening of the session.
Item 2: Election of officers.
Item 3: Adoption of the agenda.

Item 4: Organization of work and other matters.
Constitution of the Main Committee (plenary);
Constitution of the Drafting Committee;
Other matters.

Item 5: Issues arising from the objectives of the Conference. 

(a) Revision of progress and assessment of implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action’ of the draft outcome document. 
Item 5: continued.


(b)  Discussion on the section ‘Assessment of the effectiveness of the existing Durban follow-up mechanisms and other relevant United Nations mechanisms dealing with the issue of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in order to enhance them’ of the draft outcome document.

(c) Discussion on the section ‘Identification of good practices achieved in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance’ of the outcome draft document.

 

Drafting of the draft outcome document and the report by the Secretariat.





Afternoon

3 p.m. to 
6 p.m.


 

 
Item 5: continued.

(a)  Revision of progress and assessment of implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action’ of the draft outcome document. 
Item 5: continued.

(d) Discussion on the section ‘The way forward’.
 
Item 6: Adoption of draft outcome document.


Item 7: Adoption of the report of the Regional Conference.











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