TEHRAN Putting the final touches in preparing for the upcoming world anti-racism conference, the United Nations Monday signed an accord with the host country, South Africa, to outline legal responsibilities for the event.

The host country agreement for the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination Xenophobia and Related Intolerance was signed in a Geneva by South African Foreign Minister Dlamini Zuma and the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, who is the secretary general of the conference.