A/HRC/31/75 governmental organizations to organize and participate in the activities of the fifteenth anniversary; (c) Invites relevant stakeholders, including non-governmental organizations, to participate fully in the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. 60. The Working Group highlights the importance of increasing public support for the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the involvement of relevant stakeholders in its realization. In that regard the Working Group: (a) Invites Member States, international and regional organizations, civil society and other stakeholders to organize various initiatives to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action that have high visibility and that celebrate positive developments, address remaining challenges and are aimed at effectively increasing awareness at all levels; (b) Encourages the timely creation of a web page devoted to the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, at www.un.org. The web page on the fifteenth anniversary should also contain links to the websites of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance of 2001, the Durban Review Conference, the tenth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the International Decade for People of African Descent; (c) Calls upon the Office to intensify efforts to widely distribute copies of and information about the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, as well as the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, including through the best use of the aforementioned website; (d) Encourages the Office and the Department of Public Information to prepare user-friendly materials containing information on the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and widely disseminate them, through such means and structures as United Nations information centres; (e) Encourages Member States to consider organizing events, including those of a cultural nature, related to the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action; (f) Encourages the Office to develop a multi-year programme of activities to provide for the renewed and strengthened outreach activities needed to inform and mobilize the global public in support of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and to strengthen awareness of the contribution that it has made in the struggle against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. C. Racism and poverty 61. The Working Group: (a) Reaffirms that poverty, underdevelopment, marginalization, social exclusion and economic disparities are closely associated with racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and contribute to the persistence of racist attitudes and practices which in turn generate more poverty; 17

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