A/HRC/23/19 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 disseminate the aforementioned materials widely, including online. 116. The Working Group recognises initiatives taken at a regional level by some regional organisations towards the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, and encourages regional organisations to share these practices in the formal structured dialogues with Member States and other regional organizations and provide further information in this regard to the future sessions of the Working Group as part of the discussion on practices, initiative, efforts and programmes for combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. 117. The Working Group further encourages Governments, regional and international organizations, and other stakeholders to submit, upon request, to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights information on legislative and policy measures undertaken to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to be included in its website and database. The Working Group notes that such sharing of practical information may facilitate cooperation, enhance progress and inspire replication. B. Role of politicians and political parties in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 118. The Working Group reaffirms the critical role, as recognized in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the Outcome Document of the Durban Review Conference, of political parties and political leaders in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and recalls all relevant paragraphs of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference; 119. The Working Group urges States to reinforce their commitment to promote tolerance and human rights and to fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. 120. The Working Group underlines the key role that all political leaders and political parties at every level, can and ought to play in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, thereby contributing to strengthening democracy. It encourages political parties to take concrete steps to promote solidarity, tolerance and respect for diversity and human rights. The Working Group stresses the necessity for political leaders and political parties to continue to implement measures in this regard. 121. The Working Group notes that several historical injustices were based on and legitimized by messages of racial, religious, national or ethnic hatred disseminated by political parties and political leaders. 122. The Working Group considers in this regard unacceptable, when political leaders at every level deliver racist speeches and incite hatred and xenophobia and urges political leaders and political parties, to explicitly and strongly condemn the use of political platforms to disseminate all political messages and ideas based on racism, racial superiority or hatred and that incite racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance as well as combating manifestations of generalized rejection of migrants. 17

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