A/HRC/30/56
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 August 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirtieth session
Agenda item 9
Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
forms of intolerance, follow-up and implementation of
the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of
African Descent on its fifteenth and sixteenth sessions
(Geneva, 31 March–4 April 2015)
Chair-Rapporteur: Mireille Fanon Mendès-France
Summary
The present report mainly focuses on deliberations of the sixteenth session of the
Working Group on the theme of “Development and people of African descent”. The
Working Group engaged in internal discussions during its fifteenth session. At its sixteenth
session, it acknowledged the linkages between underdevelopment and racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance faced by people of African descent. The
Working Group urged States to establish programmes based on the participation of people
of African descent aimed at improving their economic and social conditions. It also
reiterated its recommendation to devote special attention to the needs of people of African
descent through, inter alia, the preparation of specific programmes of action for the
implementation of the programme of activities for the International Decade for People of
African Descent.
Annex II of the present report is reproduced as received, in the language of submission only.
GE.15-13302(E)
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