Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

On 2 August 2021, the General Assembly adopted its resolution 75/314, in which it formally operationalized the Permanent Forum 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 th…

IDPADA-G appeals to UN forum to stand with Afro-Guyanese

The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly - Guyana (IDPADA-G) on Monday urged the United Nations' 4th Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to lend its support in addressing social, economic and political marginalisation of Afro-Guyanese. IDPADA-G Chairman Vincent Alexander told the debate the "true narrative" about the state…

From April 14 to 17, the UN reconvenes its Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. As evidence of structural racism accumulates at the global level, the international system continues to offer no concrete answers for peoples dragging centuries of dispossession.