A/52/498 English Page 9 urged that the 1996 recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the question of religious intolerance be implemented. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan 34. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Mr. Gaspar Biro, referred in his report (E/CN.4/1997/58), inter alia, to restrictions of the rights of religious minorities, in particular to the situation of the Sudanese Christians and their churches and organizations, which had suffered several disadvantages and had been subjected to discriminatory measures in the past. He also mentioned the continued reports of enforced Islamization of Christians and believers in traditional African religions in Government-controlled areas in the south of the country (paras. 52-53). In his conclusions, the Special Rapporteur recommended that the Government of the Sudan ensure that all individuals in its territory and subject to its jurisdiction, including members of all religious and ethnic groups, enjoyed fully the rights recognized in applicable international human rights instruments. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in former Zaire (presently Democratic Republic of Congo) 35. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in former Zaire, Mr. Roberto Garreton, mentioned in his report (E/CN.4/1997/6) that not all ethnic groups living in former Zaire enjoyed the same rights. Arbitrary political discrimination existed, as in the case of one ethnic group which was a tiny minority but which predominated because the late Marshal Mobutu and his General belonged to it. There was also discrimination with regard to the effective enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, as well as civil and political rights, by other ethnic groups, in flagrant violation of articles 2.2, 2.3, 3, 4 and 5 of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. The Special Rapporteur also looked into the situation of the Batwa or pygmies, who constituted the only genuinely original ethnic group in former Zaire. According to the Special Rapporteur, that minority lived in conditions of indescribable poverty at the margins of civilization. Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 36. The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Mr. Glélé-Ahanhanzo, referred in his report (E/CN.4/1997/71), to incidents of intolerance and discriminatory acts against various minority groups, including the continual incidents of discrimination against Blacks on the Internet through the spread of racist messages; the resurgence of anti-Arab sentiment in the United States of America and the discrimination that they faced in the areas of education, employment and housing; anti-Semitism around the world, especially the dissemination of anti-Semitic propaganda and violence in Western Europe against Jews and Jewish targets; discrimination against the Romas in Romania and in the Czech Republic in the areas of housing, education and employment; and the deprivation of permission for permanent residence of the Meskhetian Turks in Krasnodar Territory in the Russian Federation. In his conclusions and /...