Programme of Activities for the International Year for People of African Descent

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 68b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2011.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2011

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2011	A/66/342	Programme of activities for the International Year for People of African Descent report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/65/36

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Africans International Years People of African Descent Work Programme

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the draft programme of activities for the International Year for People of African Descent;⁸

⁸See A/65/227, sect. IX.

Welcomes the ongoing efforts of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, bearing in mind its recommendation on the theme “People of African descent: recognition, justice and development” contained in its report;⁹

⁹A/HRC/14/18.

Requests the Secretary-General to establish a voluntary fund for the activities for the Year, to which Member States and all relevant donors are encouraged to contribute;

Also requests the Secretary-General to close the Year with the convening of a high-level thematic debate on the achievement of the goals and objectives of the Year, with the participation of the Chair of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, the Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, a representative of people of African descent, civil society and relevant stakeholders;

Invites Member States to support the implementation of activities for the Year, and to cooperate constructively and decisively to ensure rapid progress and concrete results in the achievement of the objectives of the Year;

Encourages Member States, donors and other stakeholders to participate in and contribute, on a voluntary basis, to activities related to the Year;

Encourages the specialized agencies of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates and existing resources, and intergovernmental organizations, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations, to develop activities for the Year, taking into account its goals and objectives as well as the draft programme of activities;

Requests the Secretary-General to launch the Year with an opening day ceremony on 10 December 2010;

Invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to facilitate and assist in the implementation of activities, in order to continue to contribute to the success of the Year, in collaboration with relevant United Nations entities and bodies;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session a report on progress and the implementation of the present resolution.

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