A/HRC/19/77 papers published recently concerning the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the activities currently under way or planned by OHCHR to promote it. 38. The representative of Senegal expressed satisfaction with the statement delivered by Algeria concerning the importance of commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. V. Good and best practices 39. All delegations welcomed the note prepared by OHCHR. Discussions were held on the concept of good and best practices and the perceived risk of establishing standards for national practices. Another aspect highlighted was that practices might be deemed to be good by policymakers because it suited a certain context but might not be transferable to another context or country. Clear indications were also given that the database should be a compilation of documents submitted to OHCHR. One regional group clearly indicated that it would find useful to have a list of criteria to be used voluntarily by contributors, and encouraged the Anti-Discrimination Section to refine the suggestions included in its paper further. 40. The representative of South Africa stated that the notion of best practices had to be defined on the basis of a common understanding, which should be clarified during the discussion. He stated that instrumental tools to be used to define this concept were important, and added that some forms of universal criteria might be useful. 41. The representative of the European Union underlined the need to improve contributions. She recalled the request contained in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome document on the creation of a database, stating that the mandate of the Anti-Discrimination Section was to create a database that would be useful, and stressed the need to elaborate criteria that could be used by States and other stakeholders. The criteria would be used by contributors themselves to identify which practices could enrich the database; the criteria would not, however, be used by OHCHR to validate or reject a practice. The representative added that the definition of a good or a best practice would be up to States and other relevant stakeholders. 42. The delegate of Pakistan, speaking on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed concern about whether the Working group was the appropriate forum to discuss the definition of a good practice. He also raised concern about the consequences that such a discussion might have on other processes. 43. The representative of Algeria requested that a discussion on the criteria that might have consequences on others processes be avoided. She also stressed that what was applicable in a context was not necessarily possible in others. 44. The representative of Egypt recommended that what constituted a good practice or not should not be defined, otherwise it will have implications for the work of other bodies. 45. The delegate of Brazil stated that it was an issue that went beyond the capacity of the Working group. States should decide if they wished to replicate a practice based on their own circumstances and their commitments in terms of fighting racism. 46. The representative of Cuba stated that the aim was not to define what was a best or a good practice. This was a national prerogative of Governments, based on their own assessment. 47. The representative of the Russian Federation stated that it was up to the State to provide the criteria of its own best practices on a voluntary basis. 8