A/60/283 4. This report has been prepared pursuant to that resolution, the principal provisions of which have been cited above. II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur A. 1. Participation in the work of the Commission on Human Rights at its sixty-first session Introduction of reports 5. From 21 to 25 March 2005, the Special Rapporteur participated in the work of the Commission on Human Rights at its sixtieth session. He introduced his general report on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (E/CN.4/2005/18), his report on the defamation of religions and global efforts to combat racism: anti-Semitism, Christianophobia and Islamophobia (E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.4), his third report on the situation of Muslim and Arab peoples in various parts of the world in the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001 (E/CN.4/2005/19). He also introduced his reports on his missions to Guatemala (E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.2), Côte d’Ivoire (E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.3), Honduras (E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.5) and Nicaragua (E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.6). The preliminary comments of the Special Rapporteur following those missions have already been included in his report to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session (A/59/329). 6. In his general report to the Commission on Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur demonstrated that the existence of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance was indicative of the following alarming trends: the growing importance of the identity factor in recent manifestations of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia; the tendency to establish a hierarchy in racial discrimination; the increasingly overt intellectual legitimization of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia; the rise in and increasing influence of parties and movements with racist and xenophobic platforms; and increased racism in sports. In conclusion, the Special Rapporteur has highlighted various courses of action: (a) The importance of conducting an in-depth debate on the link between racism, discrimination and identity. In that regard, the Special Rapporteur wishes to draw the attention of European Union member States to the urgency of giving special attention, in the building of the identity of the new Europe, to its ethnic, cultural and religious pluralism; (b) The growing importance of achieving intellectual and cultural unanimity in combating racism and xenophobia and the need to draw up an intellectual strategy for the fight against racism to be applied in the area of ideas, concepts, images, representations, perceptions and value systems; (c) The need to give equal treatment to all forms of racism and discrimination while recognizing the singularity and specificity of each form of discrimination and racism; (d) The importance of more effectively combating organizations that promote ideas based on racial superiority or hatred, commit or incite acts of violence and of prosecuting them; 5