A/HRC/21/60 46. A joint intervention was made by the five Fellows from the 2012 OHCHR fellowship programme for people of African descent which supported the three elements of the Decade and focused on international measures. They underlined priority areas including the effective follow up on recommendations made by CERD, particularly general recommendation No. 34, as well as recommendations made by other human rights monitoring mechanisms within the United Nations system, and emphasized the importance of mainstreaming contributions of people of African descent into policy making. 47. The Fellows also highlighted the promotion of awareness-raising around issues of health for people of African descent and the importance of incorporating a gender perspective in areas such as the media, access to employment, political participation and representation, as well as research and development into diseases that affect people of African descent, including for example sickle-cell anaemia, hypertension and diabetes, amongst others. They also urged to take preventive and legal measures to protect people of African descent against racial profiling. Finally, they expressed the view that due recognition of the achievements of people of African descent and the contributions they have made in all areas of human endeavour should play an essential role in the Programme of Action for the Decade. This should include the preservation and promotion of their history, cultural contribution and heritage. They called for the International Decade to be developed with the full involvement of people of African descent and supported by civil society 48. The issue of a lack of statistical data was raised throughout the meeting during presentations and in the interactive discussion. The existence of little or no hard data on what discrimination is taking place, where, how and with what consequences was seen as a current problem and limited efforts to combat racial discrimination. 49. Regarding the scope and content of the Decade, participants recommended several elements to be included as components of the Programme of Action, such as a quest for substantive, disaggregated data on the situations, conditions and treatment of people of African descent, including concrete data on the situations and character of discrimination to which people of African descent were subject. In this regard, it was suggested that specific legislation and methodological approaches, in accordance with provisions on human rights and fundamental freedoms, such as data protection regulations and privacy guarantee, would need to be elaborated, quantitative as well as qualitative measurement and indicators to be developed, and institutions and procedures to conduct data collection and analysis identified and strengthened. 50. Some observers also suggested the review and analysis of fundamental assumptions, concepts and intersectionalities in view of evolving conditions and realities around the world. They suggested reinforcing linkages among and application of the directly relevant international legal standards and instruments that apply or are applicable to people of African descent, including the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Other instruments mentioned were the international labour standards, particularly ILO Convention No. 111 on discrimination in employment and occupation, the “core” instruments on migrants rights protection, namely the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW), ILO Convention No. 97 on Migrant Workers and ILO Convention No. 143 on migration for employment (Supplemental Provisions), the instruments addressing gender discrimination, notably the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and ILO Convention No. 158 on termination of employment, ILO Convention No. 169 on Indigenous peoples and to include an explicit dimension addressing xenophobia in the Programme of Action, components and activity support. 11