A/HRC/43/32 A. Good practices 40. The speakers identified a number of good practices and examples. For instance, it was flagged that OHCHR and the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions were cooperating to harmonize their messages on discrimination and xenophobia at international forums, to have a greater impact on policymakers, and that OHCHR had developed statistics and programmes for people of African descent in the Bahamas. 41. Reference was made to the operational guidelines being developed by the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on how to effectively protect people of African descent through the implementation of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. B. Challenges 42. Participants emphasized the lack of disaggregated data and statistics as a fundamental barrier to monitoring progress towards the implementation of commitments of States and recommendations of regional human rights mechanisms. The persistence of structural and systemic obstacles hampered the fight against racism, discrimination, apartheid and other forms of domination, thereby obstructing progress in realizing the right to development. C. Recommendations 43. The Speakers proposed recommendations that could be implemented at the national and regional levels to strengthen the link between the right to development and the Sustainable Development Goals, noting that the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the Goals were mutually reinforcing and guaranteed the principles of nondiscrimination and equality. Specifically, they recommended: (a) Recognizing the right to development as an inalienable human right and tackling discrimination impeding the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals; (b) Addressing structural discrimination against people of African descent and indigenous peoples in order to bridge those gaps impeding the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals; (c) Urging Governments, civil society organizations and regional and international human rights mechanisms to share good practices and experiences on programmes developed for people of African descent (which is part of the mandate of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent); (d) Urging human rights treaty bodies to make recommendations that refer to the Sustainable Development Goals and that States may include in national action plans and/or legislation; (e) Urging the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and regional banks to consider projects and programmes that promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples; (f) Using non-discrimination as a criterion for the attainment of each Sustainable Development Goal and target without distinction of any kind, such as age, race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, descent, property, birth or other status; (g) Disaggregating data and statistics by race, ethnicity, migratory status, gender, age, disability, geographic location and income in order to better monitor the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. 7