A/HRC/39/69 Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its twenty-first and twenty-second sessions* Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Organization of the twenty-second session ................................................................................... 3 A. Opening of the session ......................................................................................................... 3 B. Election of the Chair-Rapporteur .......................................................................................... 3 C. Organization of work ............................................................................................................ 4 III. Update and briefings on activities undertaken by the Working Group in the past year ................ 4 IV. Summary of deliberations ............................................................................................................. 6 V. Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 14 A. Conclusions .......................................................................................................................... 14 B. Recommendations................................................................................................................. 16 List of participants at the twenty-second session .......................................................................... 19 Annex * The annex to the present report is circulated as received, in the language of submission only. 2

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