United nations a

IX. Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
forms of intolerance, follow-up to and implementation
of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

A. Interactive dialogue with special procedures

Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

390. At the 31st meeting, on 19 March 2008, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Doudou Diène, presented his report (A/HRC/7/19, Corr.1 and Add.1-6).

391. At the same meeting, the independent expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall, made a statement on the joint mission to the Dominican Republic conducted with the Special Rapporteur.

392. At the same meeting, the representatives of the Dominican Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Mauritania made statements, as concerned countries.

393. During the ensuing interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur at the same meeting, on 19 March 2008, the following made statements and asked questions:

(a) Representatives of States members of the Council: Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Cuba (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement), Djibouti, Egypt (on behalf of the Group of African States), France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Palestine³ (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union), Uruguay;

(b) Observers for the following States: Algeria, Chile, Haiti, Israel, Morocco, Nepal;

(c) Observer for: Holy See;

(d) Observers for national human rights institutions: National Consultative Commission on Human Rights of France, National Human Rights Commission of India;

(e) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Action internationale pour la paix et le développement dans la région des Grands Lacs, Association of World Citizens, Baha’i International Community, B’nai B’rith International (also on behalf of the Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations and United Nations Watch), European Union of Jewish Students, International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism, Organization for Defending Victims of Violence, World Jewish Congress.

394. At the same meeting, on 19 March 2008, the Special Rapporteur and the independent expert answered questions and made their concluding remarks.

395. At the 33rd meeting, on the same day, statements in exercise of the right of reply were made by the representatives of the Dominican Republic, Israel and Lithuania.