A/HRC/40/75 (e) Calls on all Member States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, private institutions and individuals and other donors in a position to do so, to contribute generously to the programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent; (f) Encourages OHCHR to strengthen its capacity-building activities directed to the media, in particular with regard to combating negative stereotyping, prejudice, hate speech and incitement to violence and racial hatred and to pay particular attention to its role in promoting a positive image of people of African descent; (g) Encourages OHCHR to commence preparations for the next regional meeting in Africa on the International Decade, which will take place in 2019, and to make the effort to ensure broad participation from civil society, including people of African descent. E. 1. Consideration of the elaboration of a draft United Nations declaration on the promotion of and full respect for the human rights of people of African descent Conclusions 92. The Working Group: (a) Stresses the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of people of African descent and reaffirms that the main objective of the International Decade for People of African Descent is to promote respect for and protection and fulfilment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by people of African descent, as recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This main objective can be achieved through the full and effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the Outcome Document of the Durban Review Conference, the political declaration on the tenth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent, and through the universal accession to or ratification of and full implementation of obligations arising under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and other relevant international and regional human rights instruments; (b) Emphasizes that the United Nations programmes for the combating of all forms of racism and for the promotion, protection and fulfilment of the rights of people of African descent shall be undertaken in the framework of full consultation and collaboration with and participation of civil society; (c) Reaffirms the value and diversity of the cultural heritage of Africans and people of African descent and affirms the importance and necessity of ensuring their full integration into social, economic and political life with a view to facilitating their full participation at all levels in the decision-making process; (d) Further reaffirms that people of African descent, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind; (e) Reiterates that people of African descent have suffered and continue to suffer from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, slavery, the slave trade and colonialism; (f) Recalls paragraph 29 (h) of the annex to General Assembly resolution 69/16 on the programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent, in which the Assembly was urged to request States to consider adopting measures to further promote and protect the human rights of people of African descent, as enshrined in international instruments, including through the elaboration of a draft United Nations declaration on the promotion of and full respect for the human rights of people of African descent; 18