Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level symposium on South Africa’s contribution to the fight against racism and xenophobia, in New York on 22 September:

States Parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination this morning elected by secret ballot nine members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to replace those whose four-year terms were set to expire on 19 January 2012.

17 January 2008

General AssemblyRD/996

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

States Parties to Convention

against Racial Discrimination

Twenty-second Session

22^nd Meeting (AM)

02/08/2005

General AssemblyRD/991

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

OPENS SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION

Discusses Reform of Treaty Bodies

(Reissued as received.)

31/07/2003

Press Release RD/976

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO MEET

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS FROM 4 TO 22 AUGUST 2003

Will Consider Reports of Albania, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Czech Republic, Finland,

Iran, Latvia, Norway, Republic of Korea, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, United Kingdom

(Reissued as received.)

04/08/2003

Press Release RD/977

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS

SIXTY-THIRD SESSION AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS

Hears Address by Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights

(Reissued as received.)

22/08/2003

Press Release RD/978

Committee on the Elimination

of Racial Discrimination

Afternoon Round-Up

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES SIXTY-THIRD SESSION

Issues Observations on Reports of 11 Countries

(Reissued as received.)

14/01/2004

Press Release RD/980

States Parties to Convention

Against Racial Discrimination

Twentieth Session

29^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION AGAINST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

ELECT NINE MEMBERS TO MONITORING COMMITTEE

29/07/2004

Press Release RD/173

Background Release                                               

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 2 TO 20 AUGUST 2004

Committee to Consider Reports of Madagascar, Belarus,

Mauritania, Slovakia, Argentina, Tajikistan, Portugal, Kazakhstan

(Reissued as received.)

02/08/2004

Press Release RD/984*

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

OPENS SIXTY-FIFTH SESSION

Hears Address by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

(Reissued as received.)