A/RES/73/262 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 15 January 2019 Seventy-third session Agenda item 72 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2018 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/73/587)] 73/262. A global call for concrete action 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 The General Assembly, Recalling all its previous resolutions on the comprehensive follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference, 1 in particular its resolutions 66/144 of 19 December 2011 and 67/155 of 20 December 2012, and in this regard underlining the imperative need for their full and effective implementation, Acknowledging that 2018 marks the centenary of the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, who dedicated his life to the struggle for freedom, human dignity, equality and justice, as well as the promotion, protection and fulfilment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, Recalling the suffering of the victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and the need to honour their memory, Calling upon States to honour the memory of victims of the historical injustices of slavery, the slave trade, including the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism and apartheid, Stressing that the outcome of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance has the same status as the outcomes of all the major United Nations conferences, summits and special sessions in the human rights and social fields, and that the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action remains a solid basis and the only instructive outcome of the World Conference, which prescribes comprehensive measures for combating all the scourges __________________ 1 18-22644 (E) See A/CONF.189/12 and A/CONF.189/12/Corr.1, chap. I. 170119 *1822644*

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