A/RES/58/160 35. Acknowledges with appreciation the entry into force of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 9 on 1 July 2003, and invites all States that have not yet done so to consider acceding to that important instrument; 36. Notes with satisfaction the progress made during the first and second sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, held in New York from 29 July to 9 August 2002 and from 16 to 27 June 2003; 37. Notes with appreciation the first and second sessions of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, held in New York from 13 to 24 May 2002 and from 12 to 23 May 2003; 38. Stresses the need to ensure adequate financial and human resources, including through the regular budget of the United Nations, for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to carry out its responsibilities efficiently in the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action; 39. Encourages improvements in the current efforts of the Anti-Discrimination Unit of the Office of the High Commissioner in providing strong leadership and greater support to the mechanisms created by the Commission on Human Rights to follow up the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action; IV Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination and coordination of activities 40. Notes with great concern that, despite the many efforts of the international community, the objectives of the Programme of Action for the Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination have largely not been achieved, welcomes, therefore, the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action,1 and calls for its full implementation at the national, regional and international levels; 41. Decides, after considering the report of the Secretary-General on the extent of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Third Decade, 10 to close the Third Decade; 42. Decides also, as part of the activities to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, to place emphasis on the concrete implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action as a solid foundation for a broad-based consensus for further actions and initiatives towards the total elimination of the scourge of racism; _______________ 9 Resolution 45/158, annex. See A/58/80-E/2003/71. 10 7