Decision on the 15th item on the agenda: Supplementary Report: International Decade for People of African Descent (2015–24)

Record of decisions | 30 March 2016

Decision on the 15th item on the agenda: Supplementary Report: International Decade for People of African Descent (2015–24)

The Governing Body recalled the importance of promoting equality of opportunities as well as eliminating all forms of discrimination, as enshrined in the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), in particular with respect to people of African descent, and requested that the Office, within its available resources, implement activities aligned with the steps to be taken by the international community and international and regional organizations to attain the objectives of the International Decade throughout this and the forthcoming programme and budget periods.

(Document GB.326/INS/15/3, paragraph 23.)