Assembly/AU/Dec.390(XVII) Page 1 DECISION ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCES (WCAR) AND THE DURBAN DECLARATION AND PLAN OF ACTION (DDPA) The Assembly, 1. NOTES that 2011 will mark the Tenth Anniversary of the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa from 31 August to 8 September 2001 and the subsequent adoption of the Durban Declaration and Plan of Action; 2. RECALLS all relevant Resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly, in particular Resolution 65/240 (2011) to hold a one (1)-day, high-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action at the level of Head of State and Government on 22 September 2011, on the margins of the general debate of the sixty-sixth Session of the UN General Assembly, on the theme “Victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; recognition, justice and development”; 3. EMPHASIZES that the commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Plan of Action represents an important opportunity for the international community to reaffirm its commitment to the eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; 4. UNDERSCORES the importance of international cooperation in achieving the goal of eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; 5. DECIDES to fully support this commemorative event, ENCOURAGES Member States to participate at the highest possible political level and SUPPORTS the adoption of a political Declaration aimed at mobilizing political will.