A/HRC/58/34 agencies, programmes and funds, which have identified focal points for this purpose. OHCHR acts as permanent Co-Chair for the network. The other Co-Chair for 2024 was the Department of Global Communication. 70. In April, the network drafted an internal paper on civil society engagement with the United Nations network on racial discrimination and protection of minorities, aimed at the strengthening of civil society/rights-holder consultation in its work. 71. During the reporting period, the network carried out a United Nations-wide survey on the impact and use of the 2013 Guidance Note of the Secretary-General on Racial Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.63 The survey results are intended to inform the discussion by the network’s principals on its priorities in the short, medium and long term, which will likely take place in first quarter of 2025. 72. The network continued to cooperate with the experts of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to identify potential entry points to support the Forum’s mandate. It also participated in the promotion of the high-level meeting to mark the closure of the International Decade for People of African Descent.64 73. In December, under the auspices of the network, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and the United Nations Population Fund organized a community of practice on general recommendation No. 37 (2024) on racial discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to health 65 that was recently adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. 74. In its resolution 55/15, the Human Rights Council encouraged States, the network, civil society organizations and other stakeholders to promote and support the participation of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities in relevant meetings and processes of United Nations human rights mechanisms, to advance work to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and to strengthen the protection of national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities in programming across the United Nations system. V. Conclusions 75. In order to enhance the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities and to ensure the full enjoyment by persons belonging to minorities of their rights, States should advance the adoption and implementation of comprehensive anti-discrimination laws, develop and put into practice effective anti-discrimination measures and policies aimed at effectively eliminating all forms of discrimination against persons belonging to such minorities and strengthen advocacy against discrimination. 76. States should enact laws which prohibit all forms of discrimination on the basis of all grounds recognized in international law in all areas of life regulated by law, provide for the effective enforcement of the right to non-discrimination and mandate positive action measures to address historic or structural discrimination. 77. States must protect all people and places of worship and invest in education initiatives that foster inclusion and equal rights. 78. Political and religious leaders must unequivocally condemn hate speech, advance dialogue and make clear that violence is unacceptable. Digital platforms should implement content-moderation policies that align with international human rights 63 64 65 16 See www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/Issues/Minorities/GuidanceNoteRacial DiscriminationMinorities.pdf. See www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2024/11/turk-calls-proclamation-secondinternational-decade-people-african. See www.ohchr.org/en/documents/general-comments-and-recommendations/generalrecommendation-no-37-2024-racial. GE.25-00006