A global call for concrete action 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/72/157 among the 20 major achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights since the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action in 1993; 7 14. 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, and in this regard to ensure the participation of experts in each session of those follow-up mechanisms in order to provide advice on the specific issues under discussion and assist the mechanisms in their deliberations and the adoption of action-oriented recommendations in relation to the implementation of the Declaration and Programme of Action; IV Group of independent eminent experts on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action 15. Welcomes the note by the Secretariat on the nomination of the candidates to fill the existing vacancies in the group of independent eminent experts to ensure the revitalization and reactivation of the operational activities of the group, 8 and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to appoint the members of the group by March 2018 in accordance with its resolution 56/266; 16. Requests the group of independent eminent experts to convene its fifth session during 2018 and to submit a report to the General Assembly at its seventy third session; V Trust fund for the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination 17. Recalls the establishment by the Secretary-General, in 1973, of the trust fund for the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination as a funding mechanism that has been utilized for the implementation of the activities of the three Decades for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination declared by the General Assembly, and in this regard appreciates the fact that the trust fund has also been utilized for the subsequent programmes and operational activities transcending the three Decades; 18. Requests the Secretary-General to include, in his report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its seventy -third session, a section outlining the progress in the implementation of paragraph 18 of its resolution 68/151 of 18 December 2013 regarding the revitalization of the trust fund for the purpose of ensuring the successful implementation of the activities of the International Decade for People of African Descent and enhancing th e effectiveness of 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; 1 19. Strongly appeals to all Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and individuals, as well as other donors in a position to do so, to contribute generously to the trust fund, and to that end requests the __________________ 7 8 17-22964 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. A/72/285. 5/7