On September 22, 2015, I posed the following question a Panel including Baroness Young of Hornsey, at a AFFORD Policy Seminar on Europe & Africa Post 2015-  Migration, Diasporas & Development. The event took place at Europe House, London.

What are panellists comments on recognition of the UN International Decade for People of African Descent, its objectives programme of action and implementation ?

Answers: ‘Governments agree recognition of the International Decade but it remains for stakeholders including international organisations to pick it up and push it in accordance with governments’.
                                                                                                                                                                  Professor Gibril Faal
 

• ‘Interest in diaspora seems to be directed at successful entrepeneurs from the community – this entails organising and mobilising to make contribution: we are still at an early stage in this.
• Youth need to be given support and mentoring to make contribution in the way they wish. ’

Baroness Young of Hornsey  who subsequently raised the question of IDPAD's implementation in the UK House of Lords.  

Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office
International Decade for People of African Descent

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to mark the UN International Decade for People of African Descent.                                                                 15 October 2015

Response: The British Government has no specific plans to mark the UN International Decade for People of African Descent. However, we remain strongly committed to combating racial discrimination, xenophobia and racial intolerance. We actively work to tackle all forms of racism, both domestically and internationally. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has in the past highlighted the solid progress we continue to make on fighting racism.

The UK has one of the strongest legislative frameworks in the world in place to protect communities from hostility, violence and bigotry. We keep it under review to ensure that it remains effective and appropriate in the face of new and emerging threats. Key legislation includes specific offences for inciting hatred on the grounds of race, religion, belief and sexual orientation; separate racially and religiously aggravated offences; and powers for the courts to increase the sentence of an offender convicted of a crime where hostility towards the victim was shown to be based on their disability, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation or transgender identity.                 Answered 23 October 2015

By Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Conservative, Life peer)
 
UIN HL2686 link for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with reply
https://members.parliament.uk/member/3696/writtenquestions#expand-421815