A/HRC/43/3 of technology in combating trafficking in persons.17 OHCHR continued to build the capacity of the aviation industry to better identify victims of trafficking on board flights and at airports. 5. Humanitarian action 52. OHCHR contributed to rights-based humanitarian action in several countries, including in Afghanistan, the Bahamas, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, the State of Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Yemen. OHCHR also continued to work with the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions to strengthen the capacity of 11 national human rights institutions in South and South-East Asia to integrate human rights in humanitarian action. 53. At the global level, OHCHR continued to implement its commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit, including to strengthen national protection mechanisms. It also sustained its engagement in the Inter-Agency Standing Committee and the Joint Steering Committee to advance the humanitarian-development-peace nexus and in the Global Protection Cluster, including the development of its new strategic framework. D. Non-discrimination 1. Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 54. In partnership with United Nations entities and other regional and national institutions, OHCHR continued to contribute to the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (see A/CONF.189/12), the Rabat Plan of Action on the prohibition of advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence (see A/HRC/22/17/Add.4, annex) and the Beirut Declaration on Faith for Rights (see A/HRC/40/58, annexes I and II), and the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech.18 55. OHCHR provided assistance to address discrimination against victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including in Cameroon and South Africa. OHCHR organized a workshop on regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights, focusing on their role in combating racism and discrimination and implementing the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. 56. OHCHR helped implement the International Decade for People of African Descent, including by supporting the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent. In her function as coordinator of the Decade, the High Commissioner participated in the October 2019 regional meeting for Africa, organized by OHCHR in cooperation with the African Union, and hosted by Senegal, to increase the engagement of African Governments, youth and civil society in the Decade and explore linkages between the Decade, the African Union Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want and the 2030 Agenda. In December 2019, the High Commissioner participated in a regional seminar, hosted by Costa Rica, on the empowerment and political participation of women of African descent, organized by OHCHR. 2. Migrants 57. OHCHR continued to focus on the human rights of people on the move, including countering xenophobia. As a member of the Executive Committee of the United Nations Network on Migration, OHCHR supported States with the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, including through the development of national implementation plans. For example, in Guinea-Bissau, OHCHR supported national 17 18 Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons, “Human trafficking and technology: trends, challenges and opportunities” (Vienna, 2019). See www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/hate-speech-strategy.shtml. 9