A/HRC/31/75 (g) Encourages all Member States, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, private institutions and individuals, as well as other donors in a position to do so, to contribute generously to the Trust Fund for the programme of activities for the Decade, with a view to contributing to its successful implementation; (h) Notes with appreciation the efforts undertaken by the Office to launch an information campaign to promote the Decade and build support, and encourages the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat, in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, through its information offices, to further implement para 29 (c) of the programme of activities, which requests the Department, UNESCO and the Office and regional and subregional organizations to launch an awareness-raising campaign to inform the general public of the history, contributions, including to global development, challenges, contemporary experiences and situation of human rights of people of African descent, and, in that connection, encourages them to continue organizing public events for the promotion of the Decade, including in connection with Human Rights Day, 10 December; (i) Decides to include as a standing item in its annual sessions the implementation of the programme of activities for implementation the International Decade for People of African Descent. B. Preparations for the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action 59. The Working Group reaffirms that the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action provide a comprehensive United Nations framework and a solid foundation for combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and recalls paragraph 20 of General Assembly resolution 69/162 in which the Assembly calls upon the Human Rights Council to commence preparations for the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, including through the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. In this regard, the Working Group: (a) Recommends to the President of the Human Rights Council that in 2016, on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the focus and the theme of the annual commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination be on the assessment of the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action over the past 15 years, including identifying achievements, challenges and good practices. In that regard, consideration should be given to inviting the chairs of all the follow-up mechanisms to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the relevant human rights bodies and mechanisms, such as the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and representatives of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; (b) Recognizes the importance of the involvement of non-governmental organizations in the observance of the fifteenth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, and invites Member States, intergovernmental organizations and other actors to consider providing support to enable non- 16

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