深为关切在消除基于宗教或信仰原因一切形式不容忍和歧视这一领域取得的进展有限，认为因此必须加紧努力，促进和保护思想、良心、宗教或信仰自由的权利，并消除基于宗教或信仰原因一切形式仇恨、不容忍和歧视，2001 年 8 月31 日至 9 月 8 日在南非德班举行的反对种族主义、种族歧视、仇外心理和相关不容忍行为世界会议以及 2009 年 4 月 20 日至 24 日在日内瓦举行的德班审查会议指出了这一点，
Deeply concerned by the limited progress that has been made in the elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief, and believing that further intensified efforts are therefore required to promote and protect the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief and to eliminate all forms of hatred, intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief, as noted at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa, from 31 August to 8 September 2001, as well as at the Durban Review Conference, held in Geneva from 20 to 24 April 2009,