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Durban Review Conference: Outcome Document Adoption

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United Nations, 21 April 2009 - Daily Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Member States at the Durban Review Conference adopted an outcome document by consensus about two hours ago. Speaking to reporters in Geneva moments ago, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said todays adoption is great news and represents the culmination of lengthy deliberations.
Pillay said the outcome document contains several valuable elements. For example: it reinvigorates political commitment to the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action; it highlights the increased suffering since 2001 of many different groups of racism victims; it identifies best practices in the fight against racism; it reaffirms the positive role of freedom of expression while also deploring derogatory stigmatization of people based on their religion; and it launches a process that will examine how incitement to hatred has been used in various parts of the world.
Pillay also noted that, contrary to some media reports, todays document does not include any reference to the defamation of religions.
The High Commissioner stressed that Durban is a process, not an event, and not an end in itself. In that regard, she called upon the international community  including those who decided to stay away from the Review Conference  to continue the fight against racism.

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