A/HRC/10/29 3. Decides that all future sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee shall be convened in a consolidated period of 10 consecutive working days; 4. Also decides that the second session of the Ad Hoc Committee will be held in October 2009; 5. Further decides to retain this priority issue on its programme of work and to review progress at its thirteenth session. 45th meeting 27 March 2009 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 34 to 13, with no abstentions (see part II, chap. IX). The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Uruguay, Zambia; Against: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.] 10/31 From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance The Human Rights Council, Recalling General Assembly resolution 56/266 of 27 March 2002, in which the Assembly endorsed the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, as well as Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2002/68 of 25 April 2002 and 2003/30 of 23 April 2003, Recalling also its resolutions 1/5 of 30 June 2006, 3/2 of 8 December 2006 and 9/14 of 24 September 2008, Noting with interest the work of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent as set out in its mandate, to continue to find ways and means to fulfil its mandate optimally, particularly in the areas of directly linking and consulting with the affected communities of people of African descent living in the diaspora, including liaising with financial and developmental institutions with a view to contributing to developmental programmes for the benefit of people of African descent, as well as conducting country visits, Recognizing the challenges that have impeded the Group of Five Independent Eminent Experts from fully discharging its mandate in following up on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, Appreciating all efforts made by the Intergovernmental Working Group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action in its constructive work aimed at the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, in accordance with its mandate, GE.09-17451 73