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On 2 August 2021, the General Assembly adopted it resolution 75/314 which formally operationalized the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent, as “a consultative mechanism for people of African descent and other relevant stakeholders as a platform for improving the safety and quality of life and livelihoods of people of African descent, as well as an advisory body to the Human Rights Council, in line with the programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent and in close coordination with existing mechanisms”.
The United Nations General Assembly had earlier decided, in its resolution 69/16 of 18 November 2014 entitled Programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent to establish such a body.
The first session of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent will be held on 5-8 December 2022, in Geneva.
