A/HRC/18/45 another non-governmental organization that the recommendations should include a call for a fund to be created for the development of people of African descent in the Americas. 103. A representative of a non-governmental organization proposed that the conclusions should include an expression of regret that few States had taken the initiative to launch or conduct activities to highlight the International Year for People of African Descent. The representative also suggested the inclusion of a recommendation urging States to take action in this regard during the remainder of the Year. Another non-governmental organization recommended that OHCHR should establish a special fund to facilitate the participation of civil society in the meetings of the Working Group. The representative also suggested that there should be a recommendation addressing the issue of traditional lands and the forced displacement of people of African descent. A representative of a State stressed the importance of learning from the experiences of the Forum on Indigenous Peoples and ensuring the collaboration of the Working Group with other mechanisms. A representative from a regional group commented that structural discrimination was a vague term that did not add value compared with the concepts of multiple discrimination or direct and indirect discrimination. In reference to the Working Group’s recommendation concerning the tenth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action to be held in September 2011, the same representative stated that the Working Group was not in a position to decide on the modalities of a high-level meeting of the General Assembly. 104. Following the discussion, the amended conclusions and recommendations were adopted at the 9th meeting by the Working Group. Several participants, including representatives of Member States and civil society, made statements in support of the Working Group, praised the quality of the presentations made during the week and congratulated the Chairperson for her stewardship of the session. The Chairperson then made her closing statement and closed the tenth session. IV. A. Conclusions and recommendations Conclusions 105. The Working Group is concerned that, despite wide acceptance by States, the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, and especially the provisions relating to people of African descent, is not being implemented effectively as envisaged because of lack of political will and commitment by States. 106. The Working Group reiterates its call to all Governments to demonstrate the required political will for and commitment to the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, in particular concerning the provisions relating to people of African descent. In this context, the Working Group welcomes the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on 22 September 2011 and recognizes the importance of the meeting being allocated the time needed for the involvement of Heads of State and Government to make their contributions encouraging the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. 107. The Working Group underlines the importance of States enhancing the visibility of people of African descent, and discrimination against them, especially through the collection and use of credible and comparable disaggregated data. 108. The Working Group reaffirms that the slave trade and slavery are crimes against humanity and should always have been so, especially the transatlantic slave trade (Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, paragraph 13). The Working 17