A/HRC/RES/35/30
Programmes of Action for those Decades were not fully implemented and that their
objectives have yet to be attained,
Taking note of all relevant reports of the Working Group of Experts on People of
African Descent, and all relevant general recommendations of the Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination,
1.
Recalls General Assembly resolution 69/16 on the programme of activities
for the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent, in which
the Assembly recommended giving consideration to the elaboration of a draft United
Nations declaration on the promotion and full respect of the human rights of people of
African descent;
2.
Notes with concern that, despite advances in international and national law,
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, direct and indirect, de
facto and de jure, continue to manifest themselves in inequality and disadvantage against
people of African descent;
3.
Notes that people of African descent and Africans in the diaspora throughout
the world constitute some of the poorest and most marginalized groups;
4.
Acknowledges that people of African descent can suffer from multiple,
aggravated or intersecting forms of discrimination based on other related grounds, such as
age, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, social origin, property, disability,
birth or other status;
5.
Calls upon all Member States to adopt effective measures to accelerate the
realization of the programme of activities for the implementation of the International
Decade, in partnership with other countries, intergovernmental organizations and civil
society, as appropriate;
6.
Reaffirms the importance of enhancing international cooperation for the
promotion and protection of all human rights and for the achievement of the objectives of
the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;
7.
Urges States to ensure that activities and objectives for the International
Decade are planned and implemented in accordance with paragraph 10 of the programme of
activities for the implementation of the Decade, on the basis of full consultation and
collaboration with people of African descent;
8.
Requests the Intergovernmental Working Group on
Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action:
the
Effective
(a)
To include in the programme of work for its sixteenth session a one-day
meeting to consider the elaboration of a draft United Nations declaration on the promotion
and full respect of the human rights of people of African descent;
(b)
To invite States, relevant United Nations bodies, funds and programmes,
intergovernmental organizations, the treaty bodies, the special procedures, regional human
rights mechanisms, civil society organizations, academia, national human rights institutions
and other relevant stakeholders to participate actively in the aforementioned discussions
during the sixteenth session of the Intergovernmental Working Group;
9.
Requests the Secretary-General to allocate the necessary resources to ensure
the participation of civil society organizations, particularly people of African descent, as
well as members of academia, in the meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group,
taking into account geographical and gender representation criteria;
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