A/74/274 I. Activities of the Working Group 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 73/262, entitled “A global call for concrete action for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action”, in which the Assembly invited the Human Rights Council, through the Chair of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, to continue to submit a report on the work of the Working Group to the General Assembly, and in this regard invited the Chair of the Working Group to engage in an interactive dialogue with the Assembly under the item entitled “Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance” at its seventy-fourth session. A. Country visits 2. The Working Group expresses its gratitude to the Government of Belgium for the cooperation extended to it during its official country visit from 4 to 11 February 2019. The Working Group also expresses its gratitude to the Government of Argentina for the cooperation extended to it during its official country visit from 11 to 18 March 2019. 3. The Working Group would like to thank all the Governments that have invited them to visit their countries. They would like to encourage Governments to continue to cooperate with the mandate and further the protection of the rights of people of African descent. B. Other activities 4. The activities of the Working Group from August 2018 to March 2019 are reflected in its report to the Human Rights Council at its forty-second session (A/HRC/42/59). The activities of the Working Group between April and July 2019 are summarized below. On 1 April, the Working Group, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions jointly submitted additional comments and recommendations on the draft articles on crimes against humanity that were under deliberation by the International Law Commission. On 8 and 9 May, the Chair of the Working Group, Ahmed Reid, participated in the sixth session of the Group of Independent Eminent Experts on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. On 10 May, Mr. Reid also participated in the one-day consultation on the permanent forum on people of African descent. On 29 May, Mr. Reid and the Vice-Chair of the Working Group, Dominique Day, participated in an expert workshop on reparations, racial justice and equality organized by the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, at the New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study. 5. Mr. Reid participated in the annual meeting of special procedures mandate holders from 17 to 28 June. Ms. Day participated in a senior-level expert consultation on international guidelines on human rights and drug policy from 20 to 23 June. The Working Group submitted its comments on draft general recommendation No. 36 of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on preventing and combating racial profiling on 28 June. In July, Ms. Day spoke at the high-level political forum on sustainable development and participated in a side event sponsored by the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the United Nations Population Fund. 19-13272 3/22