A/HRC/10/66 page 17 104. The Chairman announced that in the afternoon the experts will hold a private meeting to discuss and formulate their recommendations and conclusions, which will be presented and discussed the following morning. 105. The following morning, the Chairperson presented the draft conclusions and recommendations arrived at by the experts the day before, as well as the draft work plan of the Working Group for the period 2009-2011. He then adjourned the meeting for an hour so as to give participants the opportunity to review the documents and make consultations if necessary. When the meeting reconvened, a discussion of the draft documents took place and several small modifications were suggested. Several suggestions related to the need to reference the Convention on the Rights of the Child more explicitly in the conclusions and recommendations. Other comments related to education systems and the administration of justice, including detention, as regards children of African descent. At the end of the discussion, the experts met to consider the suggestions made. Item 10: Adoption of the conclusions and recommendations of the eighth session as well as the work plan 2009-2011 106. The Chair opened the meeting with a brief presentation on the conclusions and recommendations and invited the other experts to make concluding remarks. Several Governments expressed their satisfaction with the session, the conclusions and recommendations and the work plan, as did other participants. A final amendment to one of the conclusions was suggested and agreed to by the experts and the conclusions and recommendations were adopted by the Working Group, along with its work plan for the period 2009-2011. The Chairperson then made his closing statement and the eighth session was concluded. III. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS A. Conclusions 107. The Working Group believes that it is important that it enhance its interaction with other human rights mechanisms insofar as they deal with the situation of people of African descent. Furthermore, the Working Group intends to engage with the United Nations Development Group to explore ways to enhance the effective implementation of its recommendations by States. 108. The Working Group similarly intends to engage with United Nations Country Teams regarding the establishment of a thematic group on diversity, ethnicity and exclusion. In order to more fully implement its mandate, the Working Group also intends to interact with international financial institutions to explore ways in which it might collaborate with them so as to improve the situation of people of African descent. 109. The Working Group stresses the importance of educational curricula that are designed to highlight the history, heritage and contributions of people of African descent. 110. In light of the special concern of the Working Group with the situation of children of African descent, it endorses and reiterates the recommendations contained in the United Nations Study on Violence Against Children and calls upon States to implement