Human Rights Council A/HRC/35/L.17/Rev.1 United Nations General Assembly Limited 21 June 2017 Original: English Thirty-fifth session 6–23 June 2017 Agenda item 9 Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Azerbaijan,* Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica,* Cuba, Haiti,* Honduras,* Peru,* Timor-Leste,* Tunisia,† Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): draft resolution 35/… Consideration of the elaboration of a draft declaration on the promotion and full respect of human rights of people of African descent The Human Rights Council, by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Guided the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Reaffirming the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Recalling Discrimination and other relevant international instruments, General Assembly resolution 56/266 of 27 March 2002, in which the Recalling also Assembly endorsed the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the commitments contained in the Durban Declaration and Programme Reaffirming of Action with regard to people of African descent, General Assembly resolution 68/237 of 23 December 2013, by which the Recalling Assembly proclaimed the International Decade for People of African Descent, commencing on 1 January 2015 and ending on 31 December 2024, with the theme of African “People descent: recognition, justice and development”,
United Nations A/HRC/35/L.17/Rev.1 General Assembly Limited 21 June 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-fifth session 6–23 June 2017 Agenda item 9 Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Azerbaijan,* Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica,* Cuba, Haiti,* Honduras,* Peru,* Timor-Leste,* Tunisia,† Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): draft resolution 35/… Consideration of the elaboration of a draft declaration on the promotion and full respect of human rights of people of African descent The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Recalling the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and other relevant international instruments, Recalling also General Assembly resolution 56/266 of 27 March 2002, in which the Assembly endorsed the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, Reaffirming the commitments contained in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action with regard to people of African descent, Recalling General Assembly resolution 68/237 of 23 December 2013, by which the Assembly proclaimed the International Decade for People of African Descent, commencing on 1 January 2015 and ending on 31 December 2024, with the theme “People of African descent: recognition, justice and development”,
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