LIVE: World leaders take stock of global fight against racism

A group of smiling Senegalese children posing for a photo in front of a building.
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Senegal ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in 1972.
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World leaders are meeting in the General Assembly to assess how far the world has come in combating racism and how far it still has to go. The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the most comprehensive framework of its kind, seeks to acknowledge historical injustices, dismantle inequalities and build societies grounded in dignity, equality and justice for all.

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