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11 September 2000
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PREPARATIONS FOR THE WORLD CONFRERENCE AGAINST RACISM GATHER MOMENTUM
United Nations, New York, September 8, 2000.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Secretary General of the World Conference against Racism, Mary Robinson, today welcomed the fact that more than thirty-five world leaders have already signed a visionary declaration against racism launched by President Mbeki of South Africa on 5 September.
She stated that, as societies in the world grow more and more multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural, tolerance and diversity will become the essential preconditions for stability and progress. This, she underlined, was the message of the Vision Statement, ‘ Tolerance and Diversity – A Vision for the 21st Century.
Since the launching, the leaders of the following countries have signed or pledged to sign the Statement. Andorra, Algeria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Bhutan, Cambodia, Chile, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equador, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Korea, San Marino, Senegal, South Africa, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, Ukraine and the United States
The Secretary General of the World Conference has sponsored a series of regional expert seminars on many issues and inter-governmental meetings will be held with the aim of generating positive discussion on tolerance and diversity and related themes supportive of the wide-ranging fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance as well as the reshaping of our modern identities based on non-discrimination and equality.
Four expert meetings (Warsaw, Bangkok, Addis Ababa and Santiago) and four regional meetings (Strasbourg, Dakar, Santiago and Tehran) will contribute substantively to the preparations leading to the World Conference. A declaration and a plan of action proposing future action is to be negotiated through the UN Commission on Human Rights acting as the Preparatory Committee for the World Conference and will be submitted to the conference in South Africa(August 31-September 7, 2001) for its final consideration and adoption.
World Conference Secretariat Press Release 021/200
United Nations, New York, September 8, 2000.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Secretary General of the World Conference against Racism, Mary Robinson, today welcomed the fact that more than thirty-five world leaders have already signed a visionary declaration against racism launched by President Mbeki of South Africa on 5 September.
She stated that, as societies in the world grow more and more multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural, tolerance and diversity will become the essential preconditions for stability and progress. This, she underlined, was the message of the Vision Statement, ‘ Tolerance and Diversity – A Vision for the 21st Century.
Since the launching, the leaders of the following countries have signed or pledged to sign the Statement. Andorra, Algeria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Bhutan, Cambodia, Chile, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equador, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Korea, San Marino, Senegal, South Africa, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, Ukraine and the United States
The Secretary General of the World Conference has sponsored a series of regional expert seminars on many issues and inter-governmental meetings will be held with the aim of generating positive discussion on tolerance and diversity and related themes supportive of the wide-ranging fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance as well as the reshaping of our modern identities based on non-discrimination and equality.
Four expert meetings (Warsaw, Bangkok, Addis Ababa and Santiago) and four regional meetings (Strasbourg, Dakar, Santiago and Tehran) will contribute substantively to the preparations leading to the World Conference. A declaration and a plan of action proposing future action is to be negotiated through the UN Commission on Human Rights acting as the Preparatory Committee for the World Conference and will be submitted to the conference in South Africa(August 31-September 7, 2001) for its final consideration and adoption.
World Conference Secretariat Press Release 021/200