recalling its resolution 68/237 of 23 December 2013 by which it proclaimed the International Decade for People of African Descent, commencing on 1 January 2015 and ending on 31 December 2024, with the theme “People of African descent: recognition, justice and development”, to be officially launched immediately following the general debate of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly, and to this end emphasizing the opportunity for achieving important synergy in combating all the scourges of racism through effective observance of the International Decade and in that regard contributing to the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action,36 decided to defer consideration of and action on the draft resolution on the programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade37 until its sixty-ninth session in order to allow time for further consultations on the programme budget implications of the proposal.38
