> > Date: Wednesday, 21 January, 2009, 2:22 PM
> > Next formal session of the working group 6�10 April
> > Final session of the Preparatory Committee 15�17
> April
> > Review Conference 20 � 24 April
> >
> > UNITED NATIONS Press Release
> >
> > 20 January 2009
> >
> > GENEVA -- Members of a working group established to
> > negotiate and finalize a
> > draft outcome document for the Durban Review
> Conference, to
> > be held in
> > Geneva in April, began formal negotiations on Monday,
> 19
> > January.
> >
> > The Durban Review Conference will assess and
> accelerate
> > progress on
> > implementation of measures adopted at the 2001 World
> > Conference against
> > Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
> > Intolerance, held in
> > Durban, South Africa. The 2001 Conference was a
> landmark
> > event in the
> > struggle to improve the lives of millions of victims
> of
> > racial
> > discrimination and intolerance around the world.
> >
> > On the table for the first time is a draft outcome
> > document, which has been
> > distilled from six initial proposals submitted by
> regional
> > and other groups.
> > The streamlining and rationalizing has resulted in a
> text
> > of 38 pages,
> > compared to the 130 pages of the initial unedited
> > compilation.
> >
> > Members of the working group*, which is open to the
> > participation of all UN
> > Member States, have agreed that the new text will be
> the
> > basis for their
> > negotiations and the compilation has therefore now
> become
> > the official Draft
> > Outcome Document. Negotiations on the text will take
> place
> > during the formal
> > session of the working group, which ends on 23
> January, and
> > continue
> > afterwards in informal meetings.
> >
> > The next formal session of the working group will take
> > place from 6�10
> > April, followed by a final session of the Preparatory
> > Committee (15�17
> > April). The Review Conference itself takes place from
> 20
> > � 24 April.
> >
> > Special website and newsletter
> >
> > The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
> > (OHCHR) has launched
> > two new communications tools on the Durban Review
> > Conference and its
> > preparatory process: a special website dedicated to
> the
> > process, and a
> > newsletter (the 'Durban Review Conference
> Update').
> > The aim of both is to
> > inform and update all constituents and stakeholders on
> > developments in the
> > Review process, progress on implementation of the
> Durban
> > Declaration and
> > Programme of Action and on substantive issues related
> to
> > the goals of the
> > Conference.
> >
> > The website is currently on-line in English at:
> > www.un.org/durbanreview2009/and will soon also be
> available
> > in Arabic,
> > Chinese, French, Russian and
> > Spanish. All Conference-related documents are
> available and
> > easy to find on
> > the site. The newsletter can be downloaded in
> electronic
> > form from a link on
> > the home page of the website.
> >
> > Media List
> >
> > OHCHR is also creating a list of journalists who would
> like
> > to receive
> > frequent updates on the Durban Review Conference and
> its
> > preparatory
> > process. Please send an email to
> > [email protected] if you would
> > like your name to be on this list.
> >
> > * Full name: Intersessional Open-ended
> Intergovernmental
> > Working Group
> >
> > For information on the Durban Review Conference,
> contact
> > Doune Porter at +41
> > (0)22 928-9595, or Pierre Hazan at +41 (0)22 928-9542,
> > or email [email protected]
> > _________
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