E/CN.4/1997/91 page 15 Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Chile, China, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Guatemala, Holy See, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, St. Lucia, San Marino, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yugoslavia and Zambia. 67. Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolution 1994/18, which encouraged him to examine the contribution that education could make to the more effective promotion of religious tolerance, and Commission resolutions 1995/23 and 1996/23 and General Assembly resolution 50/183, all of which stress the importance of education in ensuring tolerance of religion and belief, the Special Rapporteur invites all States which have not yet done so to reply to the questionnaire he sent them in order to give the results of the survey the fullest possible scope. 68. The Special Rapporteur emphasizes once again that suitable resources must be made available for the mandate on religious intolerance if the information received is to be turned to proper advantage, analysed and used to further the objective sought. IV. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 69. Besides his analysis of communications and replies from States and the various visits he has made, the Special Rapporteur wishes to proffer conclusions and recommendations on, in particular, some aspects of religious freedom and the protection and promotion of that freedom. A. Dimensions of religious freedom Right to change religion 70. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights sets forth, in article 18, the principle that “everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion”, and clearly states that such a right “includes freedom to change his religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in community with others, and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practise, worship and observance”. 71. The 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination follow in the direction set by the 1948 Declaration but do not explicitly restate the right to change religion. 72. Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights offers general recognition of the right “to have or to adopt” a religion of one's choice.