"We have already agreed on the prepared outcome declaration, which calls for anti-discrimination against race and also religion, before the summit started," Foreign Ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said Tuesday.
"We have made intense efforts to end racism at home and we support the calls to end it elsewhere, as racism is a form of colonization in which one country exercises its superiority over another."
Deputy foreign minister Triono Wibowo leads the Indonesian delegation in the four day summit, the first to be held since a similar gathering was held in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.
The race summit has been undermined by boycotts from eight countries, including the United States, Australia and the Netherlands, as well as walkouts by diplomats from European countries over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech, as well as the summit's declaration text, which singles out Israeli violence against Palestinians.
On Tuesday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered his speech to the summit, accusing Israel of being "a cruel and repressive regime" with regard to its relationship with Palestinians.
His remarks were applauded by Arab delegations but drew criticism from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Indonesia has lent its support to Palestine over its conflict with Israel, citing its principles of fighting against colonization and respecting sovereignty. Although home to the most Muslims in the world, Indonesia says support for the Palestinian cause did not arise from "religious sentiments" and has remained cautious towards the view of Arab countries regarding the conflict, including those of Iran.
"Racism is a problem arisen from far fledging aspects. Every country will bring their own concerns but we cannot simply see the summit as a forum reduced for one particular issue," Faizasyah said when asked about Indonesia's opinion of the Iranian president's remarks.
Besides highlighting the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the summit, attended by delegations from nearly 90 countries, will also discuss xenophobia, which saw the expulsion of thousands of immigrants from South African cities last May.
Race riots erupted in South Africa when thousands of migrants from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe were attacked over claims that they lacked necessary working documents and have taken jobs.
The migrants were forced to take refugee in temporary shelters erected by the government and the UN.
In 1999, Indonesia ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).
The Foreign Ministry's director of human rights affairs, Wiwiek Setyawati, said Jakarta would used the summit as an opportunity to raise the issue of the human rights of its migrant workers, as the world was gripped with a major crisis that could leave thousands of migrants in an unfavorable situation.
