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and to take measures to preserve, protect and restore the memory of the sites of
the transatlantic trade in Africans and enslaved resistance, giving greater
visibility to this history and culture through museums, monuments, visual arts
and other means;
(m) To intensify efforts in the field of education in order to promote an
understanding and awareness of the causes, consequences and evils of racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, to encourage
educational authorities and the private sector, as appropriate, to develop
educational materials, including textbooks and dictionaries, aimed at combating
those phenomena and to review and amend textbooks and curricula to eliminate
any elements that might promote racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance or reinforce negative stereotypes and include material that
refutes such stereotypes;
(n) To recognize the contribution of the continent of Africa and people of
African descent to the development, diversity and richness of world civilizations
and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind. States
should, in collaboration with relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, in
particular the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) and international donors:
(i) Promote and protect the culture, identity and tangible and intangible
heritage of the continent of Africa and people of African descent and
maintain and foster their mode of life and forms of organization, languages
and religious expressions;
(ii) Set up research programmes and circulate information to deconstruct
the misrepresentation of people of African descent;
(iii) Consider proclaiming a national day, in countries that do not yet have
such a day, to celebrate the heritage, culture and contribution to the world
of people of African descent.
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