Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, on 21 December:
Racial discrimination
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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson's remarks, “Promoting Tolerance on the Internet: Changing Attitudes and Patterns of Behaviour”, at the event to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, in New York today:
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17 February 2009
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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES UNITED STATES DECISION TO ENGAGE IN DURBAN REVIEW TALKS
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
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20 April 2009
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Secretary-General, at Durban review conference, says fight against racism
‘a truly great and noble cause that binds us as human beings’
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21 April 2009
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SECRETARY-GENERAL HEARTENED BY CONSENSUS ON DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE OUTCOME;
HOPES THOSE WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE WILL SOON REJOIN FIGHT AGAINST RACISM
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02/08/2002
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Background Release
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO MEET
AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, 5 - 23 AUGUST
Committee to Consider Reports of Canada, Senegal, Armenia,
SG/SM/15882-RD/1013
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
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States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination elected nine members to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today, replacing colleagues whose four-year terms are set to expire on 19 January 2014.
GA/11127-RD/1006
The General Assembly is set to convene, on 22 September, a one-day High-Level Meeting at United Nations Headquarters to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. “The High-Level Meeting in September is an important opportunity for Member States to renew their common political will towards eradicating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,” said Joseph Deiss, President of the Assembly’s sixty-fifth session.
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Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly meeting commemorating the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, in New York, 22 September: