A/HRC/26/55 (h) Request the [Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent] [Ad Hoc Committee] [IGWG] with the inputs of other United Nations bodies and Durban follow-up mechanisms to prepare elements for the attention of the Member States for their further consideration with the aim of elaborating the draft United Nations declaration on the promotion and full respect of human rights of people of African descent; [(h) (alt.) Request States to consider adopting measures to further promote and protect the human rights of people of African descent as enshrined in international human rights instruments, including through the elaboration of a draft United Nations declaration on the promotion and full respect of human rights of people of African descent;] (alt. 1) [Delete h] (i) [Establish a United Nations permanent forum on People of African Descent to serve as a consultation mechanism and with a view to achieving better synergy, coordination, complementarity and coherence in the work of Durban follow-up and with other relevant United Nations mechanisms on issues of people of African descent;] (i) alt. [Request States to consider providing / Request the General Assembly / the Human Rights Council to establish a forum for people of African descent to serve as a consultation mechanism for States, civil society organizations of people of African descent and other stakeholders.] (i) alt.1. [Request States to consider providing a forum for people of African descent to serve as a consultation mechanism for States, civil society organizations of people of African descent and other stakeholders, based on the existing mechanisms of the Human Rights Council;] [(i) alt. 2: delete i] (j) Request the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to further increase and strengthen support for the relevant mechanisms of the Human Rights Council in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the context of the Decade; (k) Encourage all States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, private institutions and individuals, as well as other donors in a position to do so, to contribute generously to the trust fund for the programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination with a view to contribute to the successful implementation of the programme; (l) Request the Secretary-General to accord high priority to executing the programme of activities for the Decade, and to allocate predictable funding from the regular budget and from extra-budgetary resources of the United Nations to the effective implementation of the programme of action and activities of the International Decade; (m) Keep the Decade under review, and convene a mid-term review to take stock of the progress made and decide on further necessary actions; (n) Convene a final assessment of the Decade, to be held within the framework of a high-level international event, marking the closure of the International Decade for People of African Descent. (o) Ensure the completion of the construction and the inauguration, before the mid-term review in 2020, of a permanent memorial at United Nations Headquarters to honour the memory of victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. 12

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