A/55/280 Nations system, including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and other relevant international and non-governmental organizations to plan and implement appropriate cultural, educational and social programmes to promote the concept of dialogue among civilizations, such events will certainly be of relevance and make a special contribution to the mandate on religious intolerance and to the 2001 conference. 144. Lastly, the Special Rapporteur wishes to highlight the importance of the decision taken by the Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution 2000/33, to change the title of the Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance to that of “Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief”. This change, which was sought by the Special Rapporteur to make his mandate more positive and reflect the full range of his activities, will take effect when his mandate is next extended, namely, in 2001, which will itself be a way of celebrating the 1981 Declaration. 30

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