Countdown to the week at the UN-Durban Declaration!

Somewhere in the world:
Those on the continent face an international conspiracy of make - believe they are inferior, incapable and undignified. They also face a crisis of leadership which subscribes to the same notion. - The ones living outside the continent are ignored and relegated to the level of "if you are African, you must definitely be in need of help" and sorry your colour does not just fit in the economic and political scheme of things.... That is according to the Durban Declaration

A Year Dedicated to People of African Descent

Around 200 million people who identify themselves as being of African descent live in the Americas. Many millions more live in other parts of the world, outside of the African continent. In proclaiming this International Year, the international community is recognising that people of African descent represent a distinct group whose human rights must be promoted and protected.

This International Year
offers a unique opportunity to
redouble our efforts to fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance that
affect people of African
descent everywhere.

Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

People of African descent are acknowledged in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action1 as a specific victim group who continue to suffer racial discrimination as the historic legacy of the transatlantic slave trade. Even Afro-descendants who are not directly descended from slaves face the racism and racial discrimination that still persist today, generations after the slave trade ended.




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