The UN marks twenty-five years of the Durban Declaration today

The United Nations General Assembly meets at headquarters in New York on September 28 to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, chaired by the President of the eighty-first session. Adopted in 2001, the framework addresses racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. The meeting has a programme, concept note and final draft political declaration intended to review progress and call for action. Before the meeting concludes, those documents should not be treated as implemented domestic law or funded programs. Meaningful results require enforceable anti-discrimination rules, comparable data, education, remedies for victims, protection for migrants and minorities, and regular national reporting; political division and implementation capacity remain constraints.