A/HRC/33/61 report also discussed the prevalence of racist speech in social media and mainstream media and the disparate impact of racism on people of African descent in the labour, employment and housing sectors. The report contained recommendations for the adoption of a European Union framework for national strategies or policy objectives to combat Afrophobia and promote the inclusion of people of African descent, as well as for the collection of disaggregated equality data, with comparable data sets across Europe, in accordance with data protection standards. 29. Sara Mokuria, co-founder of Mothers against Police Brutality, United States, delivered a videotaped message on the excessive use of force by police officers in that country against people of African descent. She outlined a number of policy recommendations made by her organization, including, among others, conducting drug tests on police officers when they shot and killed, appointing special prosecutors for all shooting cases involving police officers, instituting federal oversight over the officer training curriculum concerning the use of deadly force and giving all family members full access to compensation for crime victims. 30. During the interactive session, Mr. Balcerzak asked Ms. Nwabuzo about the extent of the ongoing immigration crisis and its influence on people of African descent in Europe. He suggested including more information on people of African descent in Central and Eastern Europe. Ms. Nwabuzo replied that the political discourse was indeed creating an environment where racist speech was taking place with impunity, along with a focus on integration over anti-discrimination. 31. The fourth panel focused on the topic “Development: financial/developmental institutions and programmes for people of African descent”. Mr. Balcerzak elaborated on practical steps the Working Group itself was planning to undertake to promote and support programmes and projects targeted at people of African descent in various areas related to development. Referring to the Working Group’s mandate, which aimed at “contributing to the development programmes intended for people of African descent undertaken by international financial and development institutions, operational programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations”, he linked it to the programme of activities of the International Decade, which prioritized programmes and projects specifically tailored for people of African descent. He proposed studying the agendas of the international financial and development institutions with a view to identifying relevant programmes and issues; considering ways to be actively involved in the consultation process of development programmes intended for people of African descent, at both the planning and implementation stages; encouraging relevant development and financial institutions to take more interest in the Working Group’s activities, including by participating in its public sessions; regularly reporting on its contribution to the development programmes; and considering ways to involve other relevant actors in the process of consulting on and contributing to the development programmes. 32. Veronica Womack, Chief Diversity Officer and Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Georgia College & State University, United States, presented a paper on “Strategies for asset building and wealth creation for people of African descent within the Black Belt region of the American South”. She gave an overview of socioeconomic conditions in the Black Belt region and the people of African descent living there, and of how the historical and present-day lack of asset building and wealth creation by people of African descent in the region had negatively affected their socioeconomic development. Examples of that included a disproportionate reliance on low-skill, low-wage jobs, high unemployment rates, low educational attainment, racial and class-based segregation of education and housing, geographical isolation from major transportation infrastructure, limited access to health care, substandard housing, reliance on non-elected, unrepresentative special district bodies in decisions about local economic development, and 9