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the draft declaration resulting from the fifth session will be translated into all official
languages of the United Nations;
3.
Requests the Chair-Rapporteur of the working group to conduct informal
consultations during the intersessional periods, as appropriate, with Governments, relevant
special procedures of the Human Rights Council, regional groups, intergovernmental
organizations, United Nations mechanisms, civil society and representatives of peasants
and other people working in rural areas, as well as with other relevant stakeholders and
other relevant specialized agencies of the United Nations system;
4.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to ensure the participation in the fifth session of the working group of up to five
expert panellists, including representatives of peasants and other people working in rural
areas, civil society and grass-roots organizations from developing countries, in order to
contribute to the analysis and interactive dialogues;
5.
Requests the Secretariat to provide the working group with the human,
technical and financial assistance necessary for it to fulfil its mandate, including by
providing interpretation for one informal intersessional consultation, and a webcast for the
fifth session of the working group;
6.
Invites States, civil society and all relevant stakeholders, in particular
representatives of peasants and other people working in rural areas, to contribute actively
and constructively to the work of the working group;
7.
Requests the working group to submit an annual report on progress made to
the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly for their consideration.
41st meeting
29 September 2017
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 34 to 2, with 11 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, Portugal, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia,
South Africa, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela
(Bolivarian Republic of)
Against:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of
America
Abstaining:
Albania, Belgium, Croatia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Latvia,
Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Slovenia]
36/23.
Mandate of the Working Group of Experts on People of
African Descent
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 56/266 of 27 March 2002, in which the
Assembly endorsed the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, reaffirming the
commitments contained therein with regard to people of African descent; Assembly
resolution 57/195 of 18 December 2002, in which the Assembly invited all relevant organs,
organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to become involved in the follow-up
to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
Intolerance; and all previous Human Rights Council resolutions on the comprehensive
follow-up to the World Conference and the effective implementation of the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action,
Recalling also all previous resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly, the
Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the elimination of racism,
GE.17-18194
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