November 3, 2015

On November 3, The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the UN gave an intervention during the deliberations of the Third Committee of the 70th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations on Agenda Item 70, dedicated to the “Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.”

In its statement, the Holy See said that racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia are affronts to human dignity and impediments to building an international community committed to the promotion of human rights. It called on States and Governments to reconsider national laws that are susceptible to fomenting xenophobia, religious and ethnic discrimination and violence, especially within the context of the present migration crisis.

The statement can be read here.