A/HRC/4/111 page 10 20. We recommend that the United Nations convene a regional or international conference on racism and the media; 21. We recognize the right of our communities and peoples to land, territories and resources that they possess through traditional ownership or another traditional form of occupation or use, in addition to those that they have acquired in any other manner. We also recognize the right of our communities and peoples to preserve and protect the environment and the productive capacity of their land, and the importance of territorial integrity; 22. We recommend that States implement specific policies and actions aimed at guaranteeing the active political participation of peoples of African descent, indigenous peoples and their representatives in the various decision-making spheres. Furthermore, we encourage the implementation of electoral reform to guarantee the full participation of these groups. In addition, we call for power structures to be examined in order to identify exclusionary practices and for political parties to be urged to incorporate measures against racism and discrimination. In this connection, we recognize the importance of the Black Parliament of the Americas for attaining this goal; 23. We ask States, international organizations and multilateral development agencies to give priority to efforts to combat poverty, paying particular attention to peoples of African descent, indigenous peoples and women. We reaffirm that we cannot tackle the challenges of poverty and development without addressing racism and discrimination and its role in reproducing relations of inequality; 24. We urge States, international organizations and civil society to increase social investment in children and youth as a strategy for combating poverty, bearing in mind the historically disadvantaged situation of children of African descent and indigenous children. We encourage the promotion of actions to combat discrimination against young people and the adoption of measures designed to enable them to participate effectively in decision-making processes; 25. We recognize that poverty, lack of access to education, unemployment and social breakdown all too often lead to isolation, marginalization and violence. We ask States to pay special attention to young people of African descent and indigenous youth living in marginalized neighbourhoods of the region’s big cities, who are particularly affected by urban violence, by tackling juvenile delinquency, violence and small-scale trading in illicit drugs and weapons from a social and human rights perspective centred on strengthening social capital and building the capacities of young people of African descent and indigenous youth; 26. We urge States to punish and combat violence perpetrated by State security forces, which disproportionately affects indigenous adolescents and young people and those of African descent; 27. We ask States to pay attention to the impact of drug trafficking on our communities, particularly on young people;