Mandate of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

A/HRC/RES/52/37View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under 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, published in 2023.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2017–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/61/34

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/61/34	Mandate of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action	443	82%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/52/37	Mandate of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action	365	77%Compare
2020	A/HRC/RES/43/35	Mandate of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action	288	68%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/34/34	Mandate of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action	257	–

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 1	Human rights mainstreaming, right to development, and research and analysis	108

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 1	Human rights mainstreaming, right to development, and research and analysis	108	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Declarations Programmes of Action Racial Discrimination Working Groups Xenophobia

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Decides to renew the mandate of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action for a further period of three years;

Also decides that the Chair of the Working Group may request that the annual session of the Working Group be split into two full one-week sessions;

Further decides that the Chair of Working Group may call full-day informal intersessional consultations if needed to further enhance the elaboration of a draft United Nations declaration on the promotion of and full respect for the human rights of people of African descent;

Requests the Chair of the Working Group to submit an annual report on its sessions to the Human Rights Council;

Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Working Group with all the human resources, technical and financial assistance necessary for the effective implementation of its mandate;

Requests the Chair of the Working Group to orally update and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly under the item entitled “Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance” annually;

Decides to remain seized of this priority matter.

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