A/HRC/2/2 A/HRC/Sub.1/58/36 page 53 2. Endorses all the conclusions and recommendations contained in the working paper; 3. Welcomes the adoption of the Global Appeal to End Stigma and Discrimination against People Affected by Leprosy signed by the world’s most renowned and respected political, cultural and religious leaders and formally proclaimed on 29 January 2006 in New Delhi on the occasion of World Leprosy Day; 4. Also welcomes the recent achievement by India and Angola of the elimination target of less than one case of leprosy per ten thousand population, and the fact that, according to the World Health Organization, the number of new leprosy cases reported during the year 2005 declined dramatically, part of the downward trend of newly detected cases of leprosy patients on the global level; 5. Requests Governments, if they have not yet done so, to abolish legislation that requires forced institutionalization of leprosy patients and to provide effective, prompt and free treatment to leprosy patients, on an outpatient basis if they so wish; 6. Also requests Governments to provide appropriate remedies to former patients forcibly hospitalized in a sanatorium, colony, hospital or community; 7. Further requests Governments to immediately prohibit and take effective measures to eradicate discrimination of any type against leprosy-affected persons and their families; 8. Encourages Governments to make every effort to include leprosy education in school curricula so as to give correct information about leprosy and leprosy-affected persons and their families and prevent discrimination against them; 9. Endorses the proposals made by Mr. Yozo Yokota to organize, if independent funding is available, (i) two regional workshops, one in Africa and one in Asia, in order to encourage representatives of leprosy-affected persons and their organizations to participate actively in the discussions on the topic of discrimination against leprosy-affected persons and their families; and (ii) a consultation meeting in Geneva in order for Mr. Yokota to hear the views of Governments, United Nations bodies and agencies, non-governmental organizations and representatives of leprosy-affected persons in drafting the text of principles and guidelines on discrimination against leprosy-affected persons and their families; 10. Requests the Human Rights Council to include the topic of discrimination against leprosy-affected persons and their families among the studies to be conducted by the Sub-Commission or a new body of experts to be created under the Council, and decides to appoint Yozo Yokota as Special Rapporteur with the task of conducting a full and comprehensive study on this issue and to submit in 2007 a preliminary report to the Sub-Commission or a new body of experts, or in the absence of either, to the Human Rights Council, and to produce a draft set of principles and guidelines to end discrimination against leprosy-affected persons and their families;