UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/7/36 13 March 2008 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventh session Agenda item 9 RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED FORMS OF INTOLERANCE, FOLLOW-UP AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DURBAN DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its seventh session (Geneva, 14-18 January 2008) Chairperson-Rapporteur: Mr. Peter Lesa Kasanda Summary Pursuant to decision PC.1/10 of the Preparatory Committee for the Durban Review Conference (A/62/375, annex I, sect. XIII), in which it requested the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent and other relevant human rights mechanisms, including other special procedures, to assist the Preparatory Committee by undertaking review and submitting recommendations, through the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as contributions to the outcome of the Review Conference, the Working Group, in its seventh session, reviewed the recommendations that it had made in previous sessions in order to distil its contribution. GE.08-11579 (E) 140308