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objectives of tolerance and respect for other ethnicities, as well as
instruction on the culture of all minorities in the State party, and ensuring
adequate media representation of issues concerning all ethnic and religious
minorities, with a view to achieving true social cohesion among all ethnic
groups, castes and tribes of Pakistan.
25.
The Committee encourages the State party to proceed with the ratification of
ILO Convention No. 169 (1989) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in
Independent Countries.
26.
The Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying the
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families.
27.
The Committee recommends that the State party take into account the relevant
parts of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted in September 2001
by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and
Related Intolerance (A/CONF.189/12, chapter I), when implementing the Convention in
its domestic legal order, particularly as regards articles 2 to 7 of the Convention. The
Committee also urges that the State party include in its next periodic report specific
information on action plans and other measures taken to implement the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action at the national level. The Committee also
encourages the State party to participate actively in the Durban Review Conference in
2009.
28.
The Committee notes that the State party has not made the optional declaration
provided for in article 14 of the Convention and invites the State party to consider doing
so.
29.
The Committee recommends that the State party’s reports be made readily
available to the public at the time of their submission, and that the observations of the
Committee with respect to these reports be similarly publicized and disseminated in the
official and national languages.
30.
The Committee recommends that the State party continue to consult with
organizations of civil society working in the area of human rights protection, in
particular in combating racial discrimination, in connection with the preparation of the
next periodic report.
31.
The Committee invites the State party to submit its core document in
accordance with the harmonized guidelines on reporting under the international human
rights treaties, in particular those on the common core document, as adopted by the Fifth
Inter-Committee meeting of the human rights treaty bodies held in June 2006
(HRI/MC/2006/3).
32.
In accordance with article 9, paragraph 1, of the Convention and rule 65 of its
amended rules of procedure, the Committee requests the State party to provide
information, within one year of the adoption of the present conclusions, on its follow-up
to the recommendations contained in paragraphs 9, 13, and 21 above.