November 21, 2005

Revised Draft Resolution on the Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

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Round two of this controversial resolution in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee. According to negotiators, at this point "anti-semitism" was headed for elimination under pressure from members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. A typographical error left in both versions of the paragraph: the version which was intended to be introduced (paragraph 42 excluding "anti-semitism), and the prior version which was to be deleted (paragraph 43 including "anti-semitism".) Also in this revised draft was much stronger language demanding a second Durban conference: "32. Decides to convene a five-year review of implementation of the Durban Declaration and Plan of Action by no later than 2007, and to this end calls upon the Commission on Human Rights to act as a preparatory committee for this event, to formulate a concrete plan for the review and to provide regular updates and reports to both the Secretary-General and the General Assembly;"