A/HRC/6/10 page 5 I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report is submitted by the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 1/5 and decision 3/103. While the recommendations contained in section VII were adopted by consensus by the Working Group, the other sections of the present report are the sole responsibility of the Chairman-Rapporteur. II. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION 2. The Working Group held the first part of its fifth session from 5 to 9 March 2007 and the second part from 3 to 7 September 2007, in Geneva. During the first part, the Working Group held a total of nine meetings. During the second part, it held seven meetings. A. Attendance 3. Both parts of the session were attended by representatives of States Members, international coordinating committees and regional groups of national institutions, specialized agencies, and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations (see annex I). 4. During the first part of the session, presentations on the theme of national action plans to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance were made by the following panellists: Anita Danka, staff attorney of the European Roma Rights Centre in Budapest; Mark Lattimer, Executive Director of Minority Rights Group International; Joseph Rajkumar of Pax Romana; Alejandro Gelover, Director of Institution Relations and International Affairs of the National Council for the Prevention of Discrimination of Mexico; and Bart Mondelaers of the Belgian Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism. 5. The five experts engaged with the Working Group in a preliminary exchange of views and vision on complementary standards as a provisional measure pending the completion of their report. The experts were: Professor Jenny Goldschmidt (Netherlands); Professor Dimitrina Petrova (Bulgaria); Syafi’i Anwar (Indonesia); Professor Tiyanjana Maluwa (Malawi and South Africa); and Waldo Luis Villalpando (Argentina). 6. During the second part of the session, a member of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Professor Alexei Avtonomov, presented a study by the Committee on possible measures to strengthen implementation through optional recommendations or the update of its monitoring procedures (A/HRC/4/WG.3/7). 7. The experts presented their study on the content and scope of substantive gaps in the existing international instruments to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (A/HRC/4/WG.3/6). B. Opening of the session 8. During the first part, the Director of the Division of Human Rights Procedures opened the session on behalf of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. During the second part, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights opened the session on behalf of the High Commissioner.