A/HRC/RES/25/33
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
10 April 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-fifth session
Agenda item 9
Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
forms of intolerance, follow-up to and implementation of
the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
25/33.
International Decade for People of African Descent
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 68/237 of 23 December 2013 on the
proclamation of the International Decade for People of African Descent,
1.
Takes note with appreciation of the proclamation by the General Assembly in
its resolution 68/237 of the International Decade for People of African Descent, effective
from 1 January 2015 and ending on 31 December 2024;
2.
Emphasizes the need to urgently heed the instruction of the General
Assembly contained in paragraph 2 of its resolution 68/237, and in this regard requests the
Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action to dedicate its programme of work at its forthcoming
twelfth session, to be held from 7 to 17 April 2014, to the purposes of elaborating a
programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade for People of
African Descent, drawing from the already developed and existing draft Programme of
Action for the Decade for People of African Descent1 as elaborated by the Working Group
of Experts on People of African Descent, welcomed by the Human Rights Council in its
resolution 21/33 of 28 September 2012 and discussed in the report of the Secretary-General
on how to make the International Decade for People of African Descent effective;2
3.
Invites the President of the General Assembly and his appointed facilitator
for this purpose to participate in the forthcoming twelfth session of the Intergovernmental
Working Group on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of
Action, as appropriate;
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A/HRC/21/60/Add.2.
A/67/879.
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