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,

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,

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES SIXTIETH SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

Background Release

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO MEET

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS 4-22 MARCH

Reports of Austria, Belgium, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark,

Jamaica, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Moldova, Qatar, Switzerland to Be Examined

(Reissued as received.)

States Parties to Convention

against Racial Discrimination

Nineteenth Session

28^th Meeting (AM)

DURBAN CONFERENCE MARKS FRESH START AND SETS NEW ROAD-MAP

IN FIGHT AGAINST RACISM, CONFERENCE PRESIDENT SAYS

DURBAN, 8 September -- Following is the text of the closing statement by the President of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, in Durban, South Africa:

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TRUE MEASURE OF DURBAN WILL BE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES IN LIVES OF VICTIMS,

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TELLS CLOSING OF RACISM CONFERENCE

MAIN COMMITTEE TO MEET AS RACISM CONFERENCE

GENERAL DEBATE COMES TO AN END

DURBAN, 7 September -- As delegates worked to complete action on the final documents on the last scheduled day of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, dozens of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) this morning urged them to address a range of issues to improve the situation of the millions of victims of daily discrimination.

ADDRESSING RACISM CONFERENCE, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CALL