A/72/53/Add.1 4. Encourages States to make the requisite declaration in accordance with article 14 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination recognizing the competence of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to receive and consider communications from individuals or groups of individuals within their jurisdiction under its complaints procedure; 5. Welcomes paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 71/181 of 19 December 2016, and to this end directs the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to commence, at its tenth session, its elaboration of a draft additional protocol to the Convention criminalizing acts of a racist and xenophobic nature; 6. Deplores the ongoing use of social media platforms to incite hatred and violence against migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, and calls upon States to prohibit by law any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, including that propagated by information and communications technology; 7. Reiterates that the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly should not be exercised with the aim of destroying or denying the rights and freedoms of others, and not be misused to promote racist hate speech and racist crimes; 8. Calls upon all States that have not yet done so, and consistent with paragraph 75 of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, to consider withdrawing their reservations on article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and on articles 18, 19 and 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; 9. Welcomes the convening of regional meetings organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to effectively implement the programme of activities of the International Decade for People of African Descent, encourages Member States and other stakeholders to adopt action-orientated recommendations at these meetings, and calls upon States, regional organizations and other stakeholders to facilitate the participation of civil society from their respective countries and regions in the meetings; 10. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in his capacity as coordinator of the Decade, to submit an oral update on his activities in followup to the implementation of the programme of activities within the framework of the Decade to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-ninth session; 11. Welcomes the intention of the African Union to convene a consultative group for the project to establish at the United Nations Office at Geneva a memorial to the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, and invites Member States and all other actors to lend their support to the initiative; 12. Requests the High Commissioner to prioritize the issue of preventing and combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the work of the Office of the High Commissioner; 13. Decides to remain seized of this important issue. 42nd meeting 29 September 2017 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 32 to 5, with 10 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Brazil, Burundi, China, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Against: Albania, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America 64 GE.17-18194