A/HRC/28/81 achieving a positive impact in victims’ lives should have the utmost priority, and said she looked forward to the discussion on procedural gaps. 64. The representative of the African Union underlined that it was the established mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate complementary standards. It was not the responsibility of the Committee to consider whether those standards were necessary or whether there were any gaps, as that had already been decided in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and by the Human Rights Council. A variety of views had been expressed over the course of the sixth and previous sessions and it was time to move forward and draft a number of provisions. The Committee should not continue to discuss endlessly, but should draw on existing conclusions and be true to its mandate. He pointed to the issue of immigration mentioned by the representative of the United States and said that achieving progress in that area would be important. He pointed to racism and sport as an important area where the Committee could potentially make a contribution. 65. The representative of South Africa, on behalf of the African Group, reiterated that, through decision 3/103, the Human Rights Council had established the Ad Hoc Committee and provided the clear mandate to elaborate “as a matter of priority” conventions or additional protocols to the Convention. That decision did not speak about considerations or discussions concerning possible gaps or the need for standards. Neither did paragraph 199 of the Durban Programme of Action leave any room for such considerations. There was a clear mandate to elaborate complementary standards. That focus was clear, without any doubt. The African Group regarded the ongoing discussion, and the insistence on the implementation of the Convention, as flawed, since additional standards had, in numerous other examples, been elaborated by the international community. Victims of racial profiling required better support; it was time for the total elimination of impunity for perpetrators of racism. Only with political will could the complementary standards be completed; such will must be found, as there was a need to move forward. 66. The representative of Algeria noted that there were gaps in the legal framework, in particular concerning victims’ rights. Consequently, work needed to be done in order to implement a victim-centred approach to combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. He called on all delegations to focus on the plight of victims. The presentations during the past sessions had provided enough material, a number of questionnaires had been circulated, discussions had taken place, also in the framework of the Human Rights Council, and it could not be argued that there were insufficient contributions upon which to move forward. Issues such as migration needed the Committee’s attention and the representative referred to the recurrent issue of working methods of the Committee and of other Committees of the Council. Mandates were being challenged regularly. That was, however, not the role of the Ad Hoc Committee, since there was a clear mandate, and it was time to make progress on the very mandate that was negotiated in Durban. 67. The representative of Pakistan, on behalf of OIC, noted that important contributions had been made by experts during the session, and stated that it was impossible to question the mandate of the Committee. Throughout the presentations it was difficult to understand why the Committee had discussed the necessity of complementary standards, as the mandate already reflected an assumption that such necessity existed. OIC was of the opinion that there was a need for complementary standards. During the twenty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 9, a representative of OIC had recommended that there should be an optional protocol that dealt with all forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance. Therefore, OIC recommended that an additional protocol to the Convention be drafted which dealt with racism in a comprehensive manner, and that the next session of the Ad Hoc Committee 13