Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Aggressive Nationalism

"The United States firmly believes that human rights, including those of people belonging to minorities, are, first and foremost, individual rights which all participating States have the solemn responsibility to respect." Ambassador David T. Johnson, speaking at the 2011 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Warsaw, Oct. 4, 2011.

• HDIM Working Session 12 - Rights of persons belonging to national minorities, Oct. 2, 2012
• HDIM Working Session 13 - Rights of persons belonging to national minorities, including: Preventing aggressive nationalism and racism and chauvinism, Oct. 2, 2012

• Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Combating Racism, Intolerance and Discrimination in Society through Sport, April 19 & 20
• Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration David M. Robinson's Remarks on Combating Xenophobia, Feb. 29, 2012
• Statement at the SHDM on Prevention of Racism, Xenophobia and Hate Crimes through Educational and Awareness-Raising Initiatives, Nov. 10, 2011, by Charge d'Affaires Gary Robbins (PDF 78kB)
• U.S Statement at the 2011 OSCE HDIM on Preventing aggressive nationalism, racism and chauvinism, Oct. 4, 2011 (PDF 50kB)
• International Year for People of African Descent in the Western Hemisphere - State Department Fact Sheet, May 9, 2011
• Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal's remarks at the International Conference on Hate Studies, Apr. 7, 2011
• Video Message for the International Year for People of African Descent, Jan. 31, 2011