A/HRC/4/111 page 13 17. We also call upon States to design specific programmes to give greater visibility and recognition to traditional peoples, particularly the Roma, indigenous and Quilombola peoples, with a view to safeguarding their material and non-material property; 18. We encourage resident representatives of the United Nations and directors of specialized agencies in the region to promote incorporation of the issue at the country team level; 19. We encourage financial and development institutions and bilateral and multilateral international organizations (Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, United Nations and others), within the scope of their mandates, to adopt efforts to combat racism as the cornerstone of their activities, projects, policies and programmes.” Report of the mini-plenary meeting of the countries of the Andean region 26. text: The mini-plenary meeting of the countries of the Andean region submitted the following “1. We recognize the importance of strengthening the formulation of public policies and programmes designed to promote equality, with the broad and democratic participation of the different peoples and communities; 2. We call upon States to publicize the issues of equality, non-discrimination, diversity and interculturalism throughout the State system; 3. We note that there is an imbalance between the recognition and the application of policies to promote the rights of indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples; 4. We note with concern the discrimination affecting migrants, who are subject to exploitative labour conditions, and inhabitants of isolated rural areas and border areas; 5. We reject emphatically the failure to recognize the human rights of people who have become migrants, internally displaced persons or refugees as a result of a variety of problems; 6. We consider it necessary to study and analyse the new forms and manifestations of discrimination and racism; 7. We register our frustration with States’ failure to fulfil the commitments that they made in Durban and Santiago; 8. We stress the heightened impact of discrimination in conflict areas. We note with alarm that violations of human rights and humanitarian law in these areas affect indigenous and Afro-descendant young people more severely; 9. We ask States, through their Ministries of Health, to accord due importance to maternal and infant mortality and sexual and reproductive health and to incorporate these issues as priorities in their health agendas;

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