The 2001 Durban Conference presented an innovative and action-oriented agenda to combat all forms of racism and racial discrimination.
In 2001, the United Nations organized the 2001 United Nations World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance, held from August 31 to September 8 in Durban, South Africa. The Durban Declaration and Program of Action were established—documents that set forth the international community’s action to combat racism, adopted by consensus.
