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The Trust Fund for the Programme of Action for the Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination is a continuation of that established in 1973 by the General Assembly in application of paragraph 17 of the Programme of Action for the first Decade (contained in the annex to General Assembly resolution 3057 (XXVIII) of 2 November 1973) and re-established in 1983 in the framework of the Programme of Action for the Second Decade (contained in the annex to General Assembly resolution 38/14 of 22 November 1983).

Notwithstanding the commitments made by the international community, especially at the World Conference on Human Rights (Vienna, June 1993) at which the rapid and complete elimination of all forms of racism and racial discrimination was declared to be a priority task of the international community, contributions to the Fund have remained below the levels hoped for. On 2 June 1995 it was reported that no contributions had been received for 1995. Only Norway pledged to contribute. It is therefore certain that, unless a supplementary financing effort is made, very few of the activities planned for the period 1994-1997 will be carried out.