A/HRC/42/58 international instruments, in order to formulate targeted national laws and policies and to resolve the root causes of racism. He also stressed that the Committee should continue to play an important role in implementing the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and related international instruments and in guiding all parties to consensus on the issue of complementary standards. 23. The representative of Zimbabwe aligned his delegation with the statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Angola on behalf of the African Group. He underscored the imperative need for the full and effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the fulfilment of the mandates of all the followup mechanisms, including the Ad Hoc Committee. He noted that this was all the more urgent in light of the worrying trend whereby many people around the world continued to be victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including their contemporary forms and manifestations. Of particular concern was the fact that persons belonging to groups in vulnerable situations, such as migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, as well as people of African descent, were the main victims. 24. The Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations Office at Geneva associated his delegation with the statement of the African Group He noted that xenophobia was expressed in many countries in flagrant contradiction to the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations. The rise of hate speech and racist acts, particularly against migrants, persons belonging to minorities and vulnerable groups, impinged upon the fundamental principles of equality and non-discrimination. Senegal believed that it was also necessary to invest in education and to ensure that it provided values that enabled people to live together in a pluralistic world. In the context of globalization, migration offered opportunities but also challenges related to vulnerability and discrimination, which is why it was important to protect human rights in order to promote inclusion and integration to migrant workers. All actors were invited to contribute significantly to the implementation of the Global Compact on Migration that took into account the concerns of the main stakeholders, namely migrants, while reconciling the interests of departure, transit and home countries. 25. With regard to combating hate speech through new information technologies, Senegal was the fiftieth State party to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime. He stated that Senegal possessed a Police Investigation Division and a Commission for Personal Data mandated to deal with cybercrime and information technology and was home to the first centre for study and training on this subject in West Africa. Senegal was also a member of the Glacy+ (Global Action on Cybercrime Extended) cooperation platform. Finally the representative of Senegal noted that the elaboration of an additional protocol to the Convention remained more necessary than ever to combat those phenomena. 26. The representative of Botswana aligned her delegation with the statement of the African Group. Botswana viewed the newest Human Rights Council and General Assembly resolutions as a significant step in the decade-long process as they spoke to the core of the mandate of the Committee on the negotiation of an optional protocol to continue to ensure international frameworks were in line with emerging issues. It was the firm view of her country that the outcome of the negotiations should be consistent with the principles and spirit of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. The session would start a process that would address the many facets of discrimination, including migrants, racism in modern information and communication technologies and comprehensive antidiscrimination legislation, to ensure that the Committee filled in the gaps in the Convention for realization of the equality of all. She called on all participants to remember the main objective of the Committee and ensure a constructive dialogue that was able to produce an outcome on which all could continue to work. 27. The representative of the European Union stated that as demonstrated by the persistent spread of racism and racial discrimination in all regions of the world, the implementation of the Convention was lagging behind. The Convention was a living instrument, able to address both new and emerging challenges that could not have been anticipated at the time of its adoption. The focus should therefore remain on its full and effective implementation to achieve the goal of eliminating completely the scourges of racism in all its forms. The representative of the European Union stated that there was no 5