A/HRC/40/75 World Conference against Racism, in close collaboration with OHCHR and other regional groups; (c) Acknowledges the need to enhance further the effectiveness of the mechanisms dealing with or addressing racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, with a view to achieving better synergy, coordination, coherence and complementarity in the work; (d) Commits to improving its methods of work aimed at enhancing its effectiveness and efficiency, including deciding that procedural issues, including ones relating to the agenda, programme of work and themes for deliberations, will be addressed by the Chair at least three months before the beginning of the respective session, requesting that the Secretariat circulate all relevant documents, both procedural and substantive, at least six weeks before the respective sessions start and that the Secretariat notify NGOs, national human rights institutions and other stakeholders well in advance with regard to upcoming sessions; (e) Commits to increasing efforts to complement the work of other Durban follow-up mechanisms aimed at avoiding overlapping and/or duplication of initiatives and agrees to continue discussion of this at future sessions; (f) Requests OHCHR in scheduling the relevant sessions of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action follow-up mechanisms, to avoid overlap between their respective sessions, and also to avoid overlap with sessions of the Human Rights Council and its various mechanisms, in order to allow significant participation of Member States, regional and subregional organizations, national human rights institutions or similar bodies and civil society organizations. 2. Recommendations 87. The Working Group: (a) Requests OHCHR to report to the Working Group at its next session on the budgetary implications and modalities of organizing some of the public sessions of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent in other parts of the world, in order to enhance the effectiveness of the Working Group’s mandate; (b) Reiterates its request for more cooperation between the Durban followup mechanisms and relevant human rights bodies, including treaty bodies and special procedures mandate holders, with the aim of developing synergies and complementarities between those mechanisms; (c) Stresses the importance of a balance, including gender and regional criteria, for the invitation of experts and civil society representatives, among other relevant stakeholders, to the Durban follow-up mechanisms; (d) Notes with satisfaction the efforts taken to fill the two vacancies in the group of independent eminent experts and looks forward to revitalizing the role of the group in providing advice and mobilizing global political will for the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. The Working Group requests that renewed steps be taken to expedite the appointment of the experts; (e) Encourages OHCHR, in line with paragraph 191 (b) of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, to cooperate with the group of independent eminent experts in the elaboration of an annual progress report on the implementation of the provisions of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. 15