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possible before the end of 2017. In order for the forum to reflect the concerns of States
and civil society, it is desirable to open a consultation with civil society organizations
to work on the format of the forum. The forum should, inter alia, discuss sources of
racism and Afrophobia and the question of reparatory justice, as well as the overall
theme of the Decade: recognition, justice and development. The work in the forum
should lead primarily to the development of a United Nations declaration on people of
African descent and other tangible results.
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