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Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guatemala,
Guyana, Holy See, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia,
Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay,
Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland,
Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,
Venezuela, Yugoslavia). Two countries, namely Egypt and Saudi Arabia, replied
negatively.
124. Also in this connection, the Director-General of UNESCO, will submit to
the General Conference, at its twenty-eighth session in 1995, his fifth
overall report on the world situation in areas covered by the Declaration on
Race and Racial Prejudice, adopted by the General Conference at its twentieth
session, on 27 November 1978. In preparing this report, he will be called
upon to ask the UNESCO member States to transmit to him all necessary
information on measures which they have taken to give effect to the principles
proclaimed by the Declaration. This information will be available for
consultation at UNESCO headquarters in late 1995.
B.
Meetings
125. UNESCO, in cooperation with the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human
Rights, has organized at Olympia, Greece, from 13 to 14 May 1994, an
International Workshop on New Forms of Discrimination: Migrants, Refugees,
Minorities. The workshop gathered together experts from 12 countries,
representatives of leading intergovernmental organizations active in
prevention of discrimination, including representatives of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Council of Europe, as
well as representatives of NGOs.
126. On the first item, discrimination against migrants, seven keynote
speakers presented reports. Particular attention was paid to the origins of
the migratory impulse, to the action of the United Nations as well as to
trends in attitudes of States towards migration. The second item, dealing
with refugees, was devoted mainly to a discussion on international refugee law
and the status of internally displaced persons, on the criteria for
determining "safe countries" and on the role of intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations in the protection of refugees.
127. The meeting gave particular importance to the third item, the problems of
prevention of discrimination against minorities and protection of their rights
in a comprehensive manner. It was stressed in particular that implementation
of the rights of minorities is closely linked with the questions of stability
and security and that particular efforts are needed to further consolidate
international standards concerning the rights of persons belonging to
minorities. The documents of the meeting, including all the reports presented
by the participants, will be published (probably in June 1995) with the
financial assistance of UNESCO.
128. Concerning the area covered by Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1994/64, reference may usefully be made to the forty-fourth session
of the International Conference on Education, held at Geneva from 3 to
8 October 1994. In the Declaration adopted by the Conference, the Ministers
of Education declared themselves to be "deeply concerned by the manifestations