E/CN.4/1995/78 page 24 security, derision of national, ethnic or religious symbols, destruction of items belonging to other persons, desecration of monuments or graveyards is punishable with one to 10 years in prison. 109. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia provides detailed guarantees in connection with the status of national minorities living in the Republic. It recognizes and guarantees the rights of national minorities to preserve, develop and express their ethnic, cultural, linguistic and other characteristics and to use their national symbols in accordance with international law. National minorities in Yugoslavia enjoy the freedom of expression of their national belonging and culture and the right to use their language and alphabet; they have the right to education and public information in their own languages. They also have the right to establish their separate cultural organizations or associations. Separate rights guaranteed to members of national minorities by the Constitution are regulated by law in greater detail. The federal law on minority rights is in preparation in the Republic. 110. In its communication of 18 November 1994, the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia further stated the following: "The Special Rapporteur is aware of the fact that a vicious media and propaganda campaign was launched against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Serb people in the wake of the events in the former Yugoslavia caused by secession which culminated in the one-sided condemnation of the Federal Republic and Serbs for these events. A campaign has resulted in discrimination against the Serb and Montenegrin peoples and the international isolation of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. "The media campaign and the sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia have also had a negative effect on the status of Yugoslav migrant workers in the West European and some Islamic countries. The Government has on several occasions drawn the attention of the United Nations Secretary-General, the Centre for Human Rights and other United Nations bodies to the discrimination against Serb children in some West European countries in the field of education, particularly the prohibition of instruction in their mother tongue. An example of discrimination and racism has been the recent publication of secondary school history textbooks in some Western countries with insulting texts on the Serb people accusing it for the war in the former Yugoslavia, imputing to it the idea of the so-called ’Greater Serbia’, and making it responsible for ethnic cleansing and war crimes." G. Swaziland 111. On 20 October 1994, the Government of Swaziland informed the Special Rapporteur of the following measures taken to overcome racial discrimination. 112. In 1962, the Race Relations Act was enacted to prevent discrimination by any person against any other group or group of persons based solely on race or colour. The law requires a complainant to report to the District