A/HRC/35/45 (c) Decides to invite the members of all the relevant mechanisms to participate in its annual sessions to discuss issues pertaining to the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including the challenges they face in their work; (d) Recommends that OHCHR continue to facilitate the participation of experts in the annual sessions of all the Durban follow-up mechanisms, and to provide advice with a view to contribute to discussions on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action; (e) Invites Member States, international and non-governmental organizations and individuals, as well as donors in a position to do so, to contribute to this end, thereby undertaking activities for the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action; (f) Invites OHCHR to take measures in accordance with paragraph 193 of the Durban Programme of Action for the appointment and designation of goodwill ambassadors in all countries of the world in order, inter alia, to promote respect for human rights and a culture of tolerance and to increase the level of awareness of the scourge of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; (g) Urges the High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue his efforts to increase awareness of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and to encourage his Office to intensify its collaboration with international and regional bodies dealing with the fight against these phenomena; (h) Recognizes the importance of continued efforts aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of Durban follow-up mechanisms, and commits to increase efforts aimed at avoiding overlapping and/or duplication of initiatives; (i) C. Decides to keep this agenda item under consideration. Review of progress achieved concerning the implementation of recommendations adopted by the Working Group at its previous session 62. The Working Group: (a) Takes note of the various contributions made by Member States under this agenda item; (b) Reaffirms the importance of assessing the level of implementation of its recommendations, sharing practices and discussing challenges and the way forward. The Working Group encourages Member States to make full use of the opportunity offered by discussion of this agenda item; (c) Decides that, with a view to better structure the discussion under this agenda item, for its future session, it will engage in such a discussion on the basis of a working document prepared by OHCHR. Such a document should include a compilation of the implementation by Member States and other relevant stakeholders of recommendations from the previous session and an outline/analysis of major trends and challenges; (d) Requests, in this regard, that OHCHR circulate the report after each session and invite all Member States, international and regional organizations, national human rights institutions and equality bodies, and civil society organizations to submit relevant information to serve as a basis for discussions; (e) Reaffirms the importance of the recommendations on the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action; (f) Recognizes that much remains to be done to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and invites Member 10

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