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 A/RES/74/137 Member States, national human rights institutions, relevant civil society organizations and United Nations agencies, funds and programmes; 26. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Human Rights Council, through its Advisory Committee, in preparing a study on appropriate ways and means of assessing the situation regarding racial equality, while identifying possible gaps and overlaps; 27. Also welcomes the commemorative plenary meeting of the General Assembly held on 25 March 2019 to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, on the mitigation and countering of rising nationalist populism and extreme supremacist ideologies; 28. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution; 29. Requests the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Human Rights Council to continue to convene annual commemorative meetings of the Assembly and the Council during the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, with the appropriate focus and themes, and to hold a debate on the midterm review of the International Decade for People of African Descent with the participation of the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and in this context encourages the participation of eminent personalities active in the struggle against racial discrimination, Member States and civil society organizations in a ccordance with the rules of procedure of the Assembly and the Council, respectively; 30. Decides to remain seized of this priority matter at its seventy-fifth session under the item entitled “Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance”. 50th plenary meeting 18 December 2019 19-22236 7/7