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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Sixth session 
Agenda item 9
	RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND 
	RELATED FORMS OF INTOLERANCE: FOLLOW-UP TO 
	AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DURBAN DECLARATION 
		AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
Egypt (on behalf of the Group of African States):  draft resolution
	6/…	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 2106A (XX) of 4 January 1969,
	Recalling further the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion or Belief, proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981,
	Emphasizing that general recommendation No. 15 (1993) of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on article 4 of the International Convention stipulates that the prohibition of the dissemination of all ideas based upon racial superiority or hatred is compatible with the freedom of opinion and expression,
	Underlining that the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action urged States that had not yet done so to accede to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, as a matter of urgency, with a view to achieving its universal ratification by 2005, to consider making the declaration envisaged under article 14 thereof, and to withdraw reservations contrary to the object and purpose of the Convention, all of which have regrettably not been accomplished to date,
	Deeply alarmed at the sharp increase in xenophobic tendencies and intolerance towards various racial and religious groups and cultures, where people belonging to minorities, migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and illegal migrants are the worst affected victims of such tendencies and acts,
	Concerned at the lack of political will to address comprehensively, by all available measures, the various forms and manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and to provide adequate remedies to the victims,
	Recalling its decision 3/103 of 8 December 2006, by which, heeding the decision and instruction of the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, it decided to establish the Ad Hoc Committee of the Human Rights Council on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards, with the mandate to elaborate, as a matter of priority and necessity, complementary standards in the form of either a convention or additional protocol(s) to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, filling the existing gaps in the Convention, and also providing new normative standards aimed at combating all forms of contemporary racism, including incitement to racial and religious hatred,
	1.	Decides to:
	(a)	Convene the inaugural session of the Ad Hoc Committee from 11 to 22 February 2008 to commence its mandate;
	(b)	To allocate one day at the beginning of the inaugural session of the Ad Hoc Committee to reflect on all contributions and studies presented by various stakeholders and the relevant mechanisms, which are necessary for the realization of its mandate;
	2.	Regrets that the requirements set out in its decision 3/103 regarding the work of the Five Eminent Experts on Complementary Standards were not met, and that their mandate was not fulfilled.
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