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United Nations Headquarters, New York.<\/p>\n

The General Assembly holds a high-level meeting to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. The President presides.<\/p>\n

Read the President’s speech at the meeting<\/a>, as delivered.<\/p>\n

Meeting page: what the meeting is, its programme and documents<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Documents<\/strong>
Speech: Speech by the President at the high-level meeting<\/a>
Programme: Programme of the meeting<\/a>
Message: Message from the Secretariat<\/a>
Letter: Provisional programme of the high-level meeting to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of <\/a>
Draft declaration: Final draft of the political declaration<\/a>
Letter: Transmission of the final draft of the political declaration<\/a>
Concept note: Concept note for the high-level meeting<\/a>
Letter: Transmission of the concept note<\/a>
Letter: Format, list of speakers and time limits<\/a>
Resolution: A\/RES\/80\/299 — Scope, modalities, format and organization of the high-level meeting<\/a>
Letter: Appointment of the co-facilitators<\/a>
Resolution: A\/RES\/80\/193 — A global call for concrete action for the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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