A/HRC/45/48 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 July 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 Agenda item 9 Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Preparations for marking the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Report of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Summary The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 42/29, contains preliminary information on the preparations made for marking the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. The report is based on discussions held by the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action during its seventeenth session, held in Geneva from 16 to 20 December 2019 and on 16 January 2020. GE.20-09345(E) 