GENEVA (10 December 2014) – _A group of independent experts* of the largest fact-finding and monitoring mechanism of the United Nations human rights system today called upon UN Member States and all stakeholders to increase their efforts to address the challenge of racism and racial discrimination._ _On the occasion of the official launch of the International Decade for People of African Descent on 10 December, also the International Human Rights Day, the UN experts welcomed the takeoff of the International Decade as a significant political commitment in the fight against…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 10 December 2014. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
