Global efforts 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 A/RES/68/151 urgency, including providing progress reports in this regard to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session; 11. Regrets that the High Commissioner omitted to include the historic and landmark World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance of 2001 among the twenty major achievements of her Office since the adoption of the 1993 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action; 5 12. Commends the High Commissioner for convening a special event on 21 March 2013 in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and in particular for bringing together eminent sports personalities to share their experiences of the dangers of racism in sport, in followup to the commemorative event held in 2012, which was addressed by an eminent personality, and encourages the High Commissioner to continue to highlight the issue of racism in sport; 13. Requests the Secretary-General and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to fully implement paragraphs 53 and 57 of General Assembly resolution 65/240 of 24 December 2010 with regard to the outreach programme for the follow-up to the commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action; 14. Also requests the Secretary-General and the Office of the High Commissioner to provide the resources necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandates of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, the group of independent eminent experts on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards; IV Group of independent eminent experts on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action 15. Recalls the appointment by the Secretary-General, pursuant to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and its resolution 56/266, of five independent eminent experts, on 16 June 2003, with the mandate to follow up on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and to make appropriate recommendations thereon, and in this regard requests the SecretaryGeneral, in the context of that resolution, to revitalize and reactivate the operational activities of the group of independent eminent experts; 16. Invites the Human Rights Council to ensure the visibility, effective participation and optimal utilization of the vast knowledge and experience of the group of independent eminent experts within its subsidiary structures, charged with the mandate and responsibility for the comprehensive follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action; _______________ 5 4/6 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.