Consideration of the elaboration of a draft Declaration on the Promotion and Full Respect of Human Rights of People of African Descent — A/HRC/RES/35/30 | UN Mandate Registry
Consideration of the Elaboration of a Draft Declaration on the Promotion and Full Respect of Human Rights of People of African Descent
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;
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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;
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Notes that people of African descent and Africans in the diaspora throughout the world constitute some of the poorest and most marginalized groups;
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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;
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Calls uponall 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;
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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;
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UrgesStates 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;
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Requeststhe Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action:
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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;
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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;
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Requeststhe 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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Requeststhe Intergovernmental Working Group, through its Chair-Rapporteur, to report on the above-mentioned discussion, including any recommendations stemming therefrom, to the Human Rights Council at its fortieth session;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General to allocate the necessary resources to ensure the participation of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, as well as the Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, in the meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group to contribute to the aforementioned discussions, including on issues related to the format and scope of a possible declaration on the promotion and full respect of human rights of people of African descent;
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EncouragesStates to engage in national and regional consultations with a view to preparing for the session of the Intergovernmental Working Group;
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Decides to remain seized of this important matter.
