A/HRC/16/64 should also contain links to the websites of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance of 2001 and the Durban Review Conference; (c) Calls upon OHCHR to intensify efforts to widely distribute copies of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the Outcome Document of the Durban Review Conference, including through the best use of the aforementioned website; (d) Encourages OHCHR and the Department of Public Information to prepare user-friendly information materials on the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and widely disseminate these, through means and structures, such as United Nations information centres; (e) Encourages OHCHR to design and issue age-appropriate educational materials aimed at increasing awareness of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the Outcome Document of the Durban Review Conference for the use of children and young people and also to make the aforementioned materials available online; (f) Encourages States to consider organizing events, including of a cultural nature, related to the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and in the context of the International Year for People of African Descent. 105. The Working Group suggests that the commemoration by the Human Rights Council of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination should focus on themes pertinent to the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the International Year for People of African Descent. D. 1. Structural discrimination Structural discrimination — definitions, approaches and trends 106. The Working Group acknowledges the complexity of the phenomenon of structural discrimination and its evolving nature, and highlights that further efforts are needed with a view to exploring it in the context of the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. 107. The Working Group, however, takes note that some of the views expressed during the panel discussion indicate that, in general terms, structural discrimination may refer to rules, norms, practices, patterns of attitudes and behaviour in institutions and other societal structures that represent obstacles to groups or individuals in achieving equal rights and opportunities. Such discrimination may be either open or hidden and could occur intentionally or unintentionally. 108. The Working Group also takes note that some of the views expressed during the panel discussion indicate that, in general terms, structural racial discrimination may refer to racist, xenophobic, intolerant or at face value neutral patterns of behaviour and attitudes within societal structures that may have disproportionate effect on specific individuals or groups of individuals in relation to their race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin. According to some of the views expressed during the panel discussion, the existence of such discrimination is related inter alia to the persistence of deeply rooted racial prejudice and negative stereotypes in societies that perpetuate inequality. 21

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