|
|
|
World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination,
Xenophobia
and Related Intolerance
Durban, South Africa, 31 August - 7 September 2001
|
Documents & relevant links during and after the WCAR
- List of accredited NGO representatives at the 2001 WCAR
- Directory of NGOs at the 2001 WCAR
- The Durban Diaries - What really happened at the UN Conference against Racism in Durban (2001). By Joëlle Fiss
- UN-coverage of the WCAR
- The official UN WCAR Report
- Antisemitism: An Assault on Human Rights
Paper by the AJC/Jacob Blaustein Institute, submitted to The United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
- Durban et Après - Actes/Report CLEF/MAPP
conférence décembre 7, 2001.(Word-Document)
- Final Governmental Declaration
and Programme of Action in English per 31 December 2001
- Final Governmental Declaration
and Programme of Action in English per 31 December 2001 - WORD Document
- Report on the Public NGO meeting with the UN Liaison and the new UN anti-discrimination Unit on December 6, Geneva. (Including Realvideo of Laurie Wisebergs's last speech) - by Ronald Eissens
- Y'A-T-IL UNE VOLONTE DES ONG JUIVES DE DIVISER LE MOUVEMENT ANTI-RACISTE MONDIAL ? - Mutombo Kanyana (English & Français)
- Paris initiative statement about Durban and the way forward.
(English, Français, Español, Russian, Dutch, Greek, German)
- The Death of the European Caucus
Speech by Erika Harriford, read during a Day of Reflection on Durban and Beyond in Paris, organized by C.L.E.F. and MAPP
On December 7, 2001. Version Français ici.
- AFRICAN YOUTH DECLARATION ON THE OCCASION OF THE WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE
- LES JEUNES EN LUTTE CONTRE LA DISCRIMINATION RACIALLE,
LA XENOPHOBIE ET L'INTOLERANCE EN AFRIQUE : AFRICAINS UNISSONS-NOUS !
- SOMMET INTERNATIONAL DE LA JEUNESSE PARTICIPATION DE LA JEUNESSE AFRICAINE AUX TRAVAUX
DE LA CONFERNECE MONDIALE CONTRE LE RACISME
- FORUM JEUNESSE DE L'UNION AFRICAINE
- FORUM DES ONGs de la CONFÉRENCE MONDIALE CONTRE LE RACISME Analyse du point de vue organisationnel (Processus, manipulations, préjugés et malentendus) - Mirek PROKEŠ
- WCAR NGO Forum - Analysis from the organisational point of view (Procedures, Manipulations, Prejudices and Misunderstandings) - by Mirek PROKEŠ
During WCAR
- Joint Statement by Eastern and Central Europe NGO Caucus and other NGOs
- Statement by Yuri Dzhibladze, representative of Eastern and Central European NGO Caucus at the plenary session of the WCAR
- Statement by ENAR (European Network Against Racism) on the outcome of the NGO Forum: English & Français
- Press statement by the European Roma Rights Center
- Open letter to the organisers of the NGO Forum, by a part of the Dutch NGOs in Durban
- PRESS RELEASE on the situation at the World Conference Against Racism by a number of European NGOs
- Press Release by C.L.E.F. about the problems of the European Caucus in Durban
- Open letter from Drafting Committee Members of the NGO Forum Declaration and Program of Action 4-9-2002.
- Report on the WCAR by Bernice Dubois & Malka Marcovich from C.L.E.F (English & Français )
- Civil Society Smashes Up - A Report on the NGO Forum, by David Matas, Senior Counsel for B'nai Brith Canada
- When antisemitism is "anti-racism" - Two Weeks in Durban by Jeremy Jones
- Members Regional Coordinating Committees
- Members of the ISC (International Steering Committee)
- Minutes of ISC meetings
- Post-Durban Information Note 1. By the UN NGO Liaison Office
- Final NGO Declaration and Programme of Action
- PRESENTATION ON THE BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE BEFORE THE WCAR PLENARY
- Youth Declaration
- Governmental Declaration and Programme of Action, unedited version
- Governmental Declaration and Programme of Action, unedited version (Word Document)
- The UN WCAR site
- WCAR NGO Forum website
|
OLDER DOCUMENTS
Practical info for Durban
- Map of city center
- Bigger map of city center
- Plan of the ICC (WCAR)
- General WCAR layout plan (ICC and Durban Exhibition Center)
- Travel advise & tips for Durban & South Africa
- Check out the WCAR conference venue (ICC Durban)
- Info on KwaZulu-Natal and Durban
- Explanatory note on WCAR & NGO Forum
- NGO Draft declaration
(per 6-8-2001).
- NGO Programme of Action
- Program of the NGO Forum
- Workshops
- Thematic Commissions
- Ngo Forum Drafting Committee :
(Objectives, Compostion, Functions & Rules of Procedure, etc.)
- Ngo Forum Drafting Committee : Members
- WCAR NGO Caucus pages
- Youth Summit
- Schedule for WCAR NGO Forum Workshops per August 23, 2001.
REPORTS ON THE THIRD SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ON
THE WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION,
XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE
With lots of thanks to the tireless people of the INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM (IMADR), UN Office.
- Working group on Draft Declaration - Monday 30 July 2001, Morning Session
- Working group on Draft Declaration - Monday 30 July 2001, Afternoon Session & Tuesday 31 July 2001, Morning Session
- Working Group on the Draft Declaration, covering the
meetings of Monday, 30 July in the morning, Tuesday, 31 July in the
afternoon, Wednesday, 1 August in the afternoon, Thursday, 2 August in
the afternoon, Friday, 3 August in the afternoon, and Monday, 6 August
in the evening.
- Working group on Draft Declaration - Monday 6 August, Morning Session & Afternoon session plus Tuesday 7 August, morning session
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH - lobby
document for government delegations and provides suggested edits/
changes/ and new language on the Group of 21 July 12 draft Programme of
Action (A/CONF.189/PC.3/8) and draft Declaration (A/CONF.189/PC.3/7).
Unlike the lobby document prepared by the NGO Working Group on May 31
for the 2nd prep-com, this document looks at the whole POA and DD (not
just the "victims section" of the POA) and makes comments and
suggestions throughout.
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH - background document for the
NGO Working Group which indicates the changes made between the May 28
draft declaration and the Group of 21 draft declaration, and the extent
to which changes proposed by the NGO Working Group were incorporated.
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH - background document for
the migrants NGO working group which compares the "victims section"
(Section II) of the May 28 version of the draft Programme of Action
(pre- Group of 21), with the proposed changes made in the May 31 NGO
Working Group lobby document, and the Group of 21, July 12 draft POA.
The document highlights the changes that have been made between the old
POA and the latest version, and the extent to which the Group of 21
incorporated the changes proposed by the NGO Working Group.
- Briefing note 21 from the WCAR Secretariat with information about PrepCom 3 and the WCAR Durban.
- Governmental draft Declaration and Programme of Action , final edited draft from the Group of 21, to be negotiated during PrepCom 3 (only in English).
- The 3rd PrepCom took place in Geneva, 30 July to 10 August 2001. ICARE again did
live reports .
- ICARE Reports & photos from the 2nd PrepCom for the WCAR
- UN Press Release on the 2nd PrepCom
- Adoption of the report of the preparatory committee to the general assembly - Draft report of the Preparatory Committee on its second session.(pdf file)
- PrepCom - REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP OF THE WHOLE ON THE DRAFT DECLARATION (pdf file)
EVEN OLDER DOCUMENTS
- WCAR Position Paper from the European Network Against Racism (ENAR).
- RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN CHINESE-OCCUPIED TIBET Submitted By
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TIBETAN GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE. Click here for the
spanish version.
- Preparations for the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Intolerance - South Africa –2001, by U N I T E D T O C O M BAT R A C I S M -E Q U A L I TY,D I G N I TY,J U S T I C E.
- Briefing note 21 from the WCAR Secretariat with information about PrepCom 3 and the WCAR Durban.
- The 3rd PrepCom will will take place in Geneva, 30 July to 10 August 2001. Read more details (accreditation, etc.) in briefing note 18 from Laurie Wiseberg, WCAR NGO Liaison Officer.
- IMADR - REPORT ON THE SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ON THE WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE. Plenary Session ,
Working Group on the Draft Declaration and Working Group on the Draft Programme of Action
- The NGO draft Declaration, version 2
- First NGO Program of Action
- Fourth official UN WCAR secretariat briefing note.
- ICARE Reports & photos from the 2nd PrepCom for the WCAR
- Visit the WCAR NGO Caucus pages
- Preparations for the Youth Summit - Briefing note 19.
- WCAR Registration form for accredited NGOs is now online
- Download briefing note 16 - Travel Grants for NGOs for WCAR in Durban - info and application form.
- Also have a look at IPU Update # 12
- Update on the activities of the Group of 21 by Hector Mareque
- Position paper by Dutch non-governmental organisations
to the United Nations World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and related Intolerance, Durban, South Africa. May, 2001. Click here for Dutch version.
- SPEECH GIVEN ON BEHALF OF ALL NGOs AT THE CLOSING OF THE SECOND PREP COM FOR THE WORLD CONFERENCE AGAISNT RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCES.
- COMBATING RACISM AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION.
A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE EUROPEAN WOMEN’S LOBBY.
- COMBATTRE LE RACISME ET LA DISCRIMINATION SEXISTE
DANS L'UNION EUROPEENNE. UNE CONTRIBUTION DU LOBBY EUROPEEN DES FEMMES
- Results of the elections for the European NGO Coordinating Committee
- Briefing Notes on World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia
and Related Intolerance Including summary of important decisions of First PrepCom, 1-5
May 2000 May 23, 2000
- Structure of NGO participation.
- Declaration on Racism, Discrimination,
Xenophobia and Related Intolerance against Migrants and Trafficked Persons (PDF file) -
Prepared by the Workshop Group on Migration and Trafficking and adopted by The Asia-Pacific
NGO Meeting for the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and
Related Intolerance.
- INTERSECTIONALITY OF RACE AND GENDER IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC -
ASIA-PACIFIC NGO POSITION PAPER PREPARED FOR THE ASIA REGIONAL PREPARATORY MEETING / NGO FORUM45th SESSION OF THE UN COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN, TEHRAN, IRAN-New York, 17-21 February 6-16 March 2001
- INTERSECTIONALITY OF RACE AND GENDER IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC
ASIA-PACIFIC NGO POSITION PAPER PREPARED FOR THE ASIA REGIONAL PREPARATORY MEETING / NGO FORUM, TEHRAN, IRAN
17-21 February 2001
- NGO WORKING GROUP ON MIGRATION AND XENOPHOBIA -
Preparatory Committee, Inter-sessional open-ended working group, Geneva, 6-9 March 2001,
STATEMENT
- International Human Rights Law Group - REPORT -
REGIONAL PREPARATORY CONFERENCES OF THE AMERICAS
- Informal Consultations WCAR, Geneva, January 15-16, 2001 -
NGO Working Group on Migration and Xenophobia Statement
- IPU Update #10 Report on Informal Government Meeting and Africa PrepCom
- IMADR Symposium, Towards the World Conference Against Racism - Highlights
- IMADR Symposium, Towards the World Conference Against Racism - Report
- NGO meeting Eastern and Central Europe, Warsaw 15 - 18 November 2000
- SHRG Workshop - Cultural Diversity - A Response To Racism, 17 February 2001, Commission for Racial Equality, London , U.K.
African Preparatory Conference, Dakar (Senegal), 20th - 21st January 2001
- Declaration of the African NGO Forum
- DRAFT-DECLARATION OF THE AFRICAN PREPARATORY REGIONAL MEETING FOR THE WORLD CONFERENCE
AGAINST RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE
European Preparatory Conference, Strasbourg, France, 9-13 October 2000
- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS OF THE EUROPEAN CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM
- READY ! STEADY ! GO ! - European youth preparation for the UN World Conference Against Racism in the European Youth Centre of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (F), May 28 - June 4, 2000
- Report from the Forum of Non-Governmental Organisations «End Racism Now!»
(Strasbourg, 10-11 October 2000) prior to the European Conference against Racism
Other documents related to the European Preparatory Conference
are archived here
contact: info@icare.to
|
|
|
