[WCAR] Issues of racism and the Internet and globalization and racism to be examined by Working Group on Durban Declaration

ISSUES OF RACISM AND THE INTERNET AND
GLOBALIZATION AND RACISM TO BE EXAMINED
BY WORKING GROUP ON DURBAN DECLARATION

 
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13 January 2006

The Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the
Durban Declaration and Programme of Action will hold its fourth session
from 16 to 27 January 2006 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Conference
Room XXI.

The Working Group will examine specifically the issue of racism and the
Internet for two days on 16 and 17 January. The issue of complementary
international standards in combating racism will be examined from 18 to 20
January. The second week of the session will focus on a thematic analysis
of the issue of globalization and racism.

The Working Group is one of the three mechanisms established to follow up
the Declaration and Programme of Action of the World Conference against
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in
Durban, South Africa in 2001. The Intergovernmental Working Group was
established by Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/68 and approved
by the Economic and Social Council in its decision 2002/270 of 25 July
2002.

Since its first session in 2003, the Working Group has organized its work
on a thematic basis by analyzing different issues identified in the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action as related to racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. In this connection,
the Working Group has adopted recommendations on measures towards the
effective implementation of the corresponding provisions of the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action.

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