E/CN.4/2004/63/Add.1 page 23 label “sects”. He calls on the Georgian authorities to take action to have such passages removed from schoolbooks as swiftly as possible or, if this is infeasible, to withdraw the books and substitute others that do not contain incitements to religious intolerance. 123. The Special Rapporteur also wishes to stress that religious tolerance can only be acquired if people learn from their earliest childhood about the existence and distinctive characteristics of other religious or faith-based communities. Most situations of religious intolerance, those in Georgia included, stem from ignorance. The Special Rapporteur refers the Georgian Government to the final document of the International Consultative Conference on School Education in relation to Freedom of Religion and Belief, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination held in Madrid from 23 to 25 November 2001, and urges it to put into practice all the recommendations given there. -----