A/RES/80/193 A global call for concrete action for the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action 22. Encourages States to place victims, survivors, their descendants and communities of the historic and contemporary racial injustice associated with colonialism and slavery at the centre of processes designed to seek remedies and to address historical injustices; 23. Urges Member States and the international community to honour the memory of the victims of the past tragedies of slavery, the slave trade, including the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism, apartheid and genocide, by considering a structural and comprehensive approach to restore the dignity of the victims, and calls upon those States to take appropriate and effective measures to halt and reverse the lasting consequences of those practices, including the persistent structures and inequalities of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; III International Decade for People of African Descent 24. Recalls that the proclamation of the International Decade for People of African Descent, as contained in its resolution 68/237 of 23 December 2013, was a milestone in the common fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; 25. Welcomes the proclamation of the Second International Decade for People of African Descent as contained in its resolution 79/193 of 17 December 2024, focusing on consolidating past gains, expanding the reach and scope of contemporary opportunities for development, inclusion and peace, and anticipating emerging risks and threats; 26. Also welcomes the ongoing work of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, established through its resolution 75/314 of 2 August 2021, which determines its mandate and composition, as a consultative mechanism for people of African descent and other relevant stakeholders and as a platform for improving the safety and quality of life and livelihoods of people of African d escent, as well as an advisory body to the Human Rights Council; 27. Further welcomes the convening of the fourth session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent and the large participation of civil society and people of African descent from around the world; 28. Welcomes the request made by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 60/16 of 7 October 2025 for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to invite the submission of written contributions in order to propose recommendations on the modalities of the Permanent Forum, and to prepare a report thereon, and further complete an evaluation, and requests their submission to the General Assembly at its eighty-first session, in accordance with Assembly resolution 75/314, in which the Assembly decided that after four annual sessions of the Permanent Forum, an evaluation of the Forum’s modalities was to be carried out by the Assembly on the basis of an evaluation made by the Human Rights Council in the light of the experience gained; 29. Notes the ongoing work of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action on the elaboration of the draft United Nations declaration on the respect, protection and fulfilment of the human rights of people of African descent, requests the Working Group to continue to devote at least half of its annual session to this process and to present a status report on the elaboration of the draft declaration to the General Assembly for its consideration at its eighty-first session, and invites the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent and the Working Group of Experts on People of 8/13 25-20895