In accordance with General Assembly resolution 75/314, the first session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent was held in Geneva from 5 to 8 December 2022. Pursuant to the same resolution, the second session was held in New York from 30 May to 2 June 2023 on the theme of realizing the dream: a United Nations declaration on the promotion, protection and full respect of the human rights of people of African descent.The present report contains a summary of the deliberations of the Permanent Forum during its first and second sessions and its conclusions and recommendations.