A/HRC/45/47 on its implementation by the to the Council at its forty-fifth session and to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session.11 13. In that regard, and given the current international context, all States should see the twentieth anniversary as an opportunity to reiterate their support for the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and renew their efforts to implement the comprehensive Programme of Action. Greater support for the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action would also engender greater cooperation and synergies for implementing the programme of activities for the Decade. Since 2001, OHCHR has supported the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action in several ways, for example through the four follow-up mechanisms, and it will continue to provide substantive and technical support in order to eradicate all forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including against people of African descent, in all regions. C. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and people of African descent 14. Both the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development12 and the International Decade for People of African Descent commenced in 2015. Both provide a mutually reinforcing framework that can assist in overcoming the historically rooted, systemic and structural discrimination experienced by people of African descent around the world. The prohibition of racism is reiterated several times in the 2030 Agenda,13 and targets 10.2 and 17.18 of the Sustainable Development Goals refer to data disaggregated by race. 15. The right to development of people of African descent, a crucial part of the overall theme for the Decade (“People of African descent: recognition, justice and development”), is very relevant, particularly in relation to Sustainable Development Goals 4, 8, 10, 13, 16 and 17. In the programme of activities too States are called upon to remove all obstacles that prevent the equal enjoyment by people of African descent of all human rights, economic, social, cultural, civil and political, including the right to development. 14 16. While there is no specific reference to people of African descent in the 2030 Agenda, the three pillars of the theme for the Decade – recognition, justice and development – all have strong links to the Declaration on the Right to Development.15 The 2030 Agenda should be implemented in conjunction with other existing commitments to improve the lives of people of African descent and to guide States, people of African descent, the United Nations system, regional organizations and other stakeholders and partners with a view to achieving all of the Goals. 17. OHCHR is assisting the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent in the development of operational guidelines on the inclusion of people of African descent in the 2030 Agenda. That document will serve as a tool to assist United Nations country teams, Member States, financial and development institutions and all interested stakeholders in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals while paying specific attention to people of African descent. D. Systemic and structural racism, including racial discrimination in law enforcement and racial profiling 18. Notwithstanding the proclamation of the Decade in 2015 and some efforts around the world to improve the situation of human rights, people of African descent everywhere continue to experience poor access to health care, inadequate education, limited employment prospects, discrimination in housing, ill-treatment by public authorities and officials, restrictions on their civil and political rights, disproportionate levels of violence by law 11 12 13 14 15 4 Human Rights Council resolution 42/29, para. 16. General Assembly resolution 70/1. Ibid., paras. 8, 19 and 25. Human Rights Council resolution 69/16, annex, para. 11 (a). General Assembly resolution 41/128, annex.