A/HRC/13/58 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; create forums to bring together leaders from different religious and racial communities, the media, and educators to discuss these instruments and the causes and consequences of discrimination and intolerance and to develop strategies to counter these phenomena; Member States are called upon to engage in the following outreach to youth: 4. Provide systematic support for grass-roots organizations working actively with youth to promote tolerance, diversity and non-discrimination; 5. Create networks for youth NGOs and education experts dealing with intolerance and discrimination; and 6. Build public-private partnerships to support and fund public education efforts, arts performances, film festivals, educational tours, and academic conferences that disseminate information on the richness of diverse cultures and on the importance of cultural interaction. 62. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Uruguay proposed the following: States should support the ongoing efforts of the World Programme of Human Rights Education and the drafting of the United Nations declaration on education and training. 8. Implementation of existing norms and standards 63. Statements and/or text proposals were made by Sweden (in its national capacity and on behalf of the EU), the Republic of Korea (on behalf of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland and Uruguay), the United States of America, Canada, Poland, France, Denmark, Liechtenstein, Brazil, Ireland, South Africa, Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Algeria, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Zimbabwe. The following observers made statements: Freedom House; Indigenous Peoples and Nations Coalition, International Council for Human Rights, and the Indian Council of South America (joint statement); Association of World Citizens; CRED (see A/HRC/13/CRP.1). 64. GE.10-10366 Sweden, on behalf of the EU, made the following proposals: 1. States should ratify or accede to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination as a matter of high priority, recognizing that this Convention remains the legal basis of the international community to fight racial discrimination; 2. States should fully comply with their obligations under the Convention, including with their reporting obligations; 3. In order to protect all individuals against racial discrimination, States should also ratify and fully implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as well as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; 4. The Ad Hoc Committee encourages the secretariat, in conjunction with the relevant treaty bodies, to produce a comprehensive report on the ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and 15