E/CN.4/2006/16 page 20 namely the dialectic between respect for the cultural and religious specificities of minority groups and communities and the promotion of cross-fertilization and interactions between all national communities. 63. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Commission draw the attention of member States to the importance on the intellectual front of efforts to combat racism and thus of combating, through education and information, ideas and concepts likely to incite or legitimize racism, racial discrimination or xenophobia, in particular on the Internet. Efforts to counter historical revisionism and recognition of the specific memories of all communities provide intellectual weapons against a discriminatory culture and outlook. 64. The Commission is invited to stress the seriousness of racist and xenophobic manifestations and practices at points of entry to countries, reception areas and waiting areas (airports, stations, ports). It is essential for such areas not to become no-rights zones for non-nationals in general and in particular for immigrants and asylum-seekers. The Special Rapporteur recommends to the Commission that it draw the attention of member States to the importance of scrupulous respect for fundamental human rights, the presence of civil human rights organizations, proper levels of sanitation and the availability of recourse procedures and defence mechanisms in such areas. 65. The Commission is invited, in order to eradicate the increase in racism in sport in general and football in particular, not only to encourage and support specific programmes and initiatives by international sports bodies, but also to promote specific initiatives and measures by member States on education, awareness-raising and prevention. In this regard international, regional and national sports bodies should promote codes of ethics against racism in sport. The Commission should lend its support to the organization of a major event against racism in connection with the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Notes 1 National Commission on Security Practices, 2003 report to the President and Parliament (Paris, La documentation française, 2004). 2 Ibid., p. 15. See also submissions 2003-17 and 2003-19 in the same volume. 3 See The human cost of “Fortress Europe”: Detention and expulsion of asylum-seekers and migrants in the EU. Amnesty International Open Letter to the incoming UK Presidency on the occasion of World Refugee Day; Italy: Temporary stay - Permanent rights: The treatment of foreign nationals detained in ‘temporary stay and assistance centres’ (CPTAs); and Spain: The Southern Border, The State turns its back on the human rights of refugees and immigrants. 4 See FIFA press release of 21 June 2005 entitled “Top national teams show solidarity in fight against discrimination” on FIFA’s official website: www.fifa.com. -----