A/HRC/23/34/Add.2 in Honduras and Belize, who are descendants of the Garifuna who had been deported to Roatán, and who continued their traditions and maintained their culture. According to interlocutors, it was only in the relatively recent past that Vincentians discovered that about half of the Garifuna initially deported to Balliceaux had actually survived and continued their culture in other countries. 41. Today, some people in Saint Vincent refer themselves as Callinagos and refuse to be identified as Garifuna, stressing in particular the lighter colour of their skin and the place where they live, as well as, to a lesser extent, cultural specificities related to food and farming methods. Others refer to themselves as Garifuna, stressing that Garifuna encompasses the Callinago heritage mixed with African roots. 42. The Special Rapporteur appreciates that Saint Vincent and the Grenadines census is based on the principle of self-identification, through a questionnaire that includes questions on ethnicity. Efforts have been made at the Caribbean regional level to standardize the questionnaire, while leaving the possibility for countries to deviate from it and adapt the questions to their own specificity. 43. However, the option to identify as Garifuna is not available in the questionnaire, which contains entries such as “African/Black/Negro” and “Indigenous people (Amerindian/Caribs)”; although the Special Rapporteur notes that there is a box “Other/Specify”, where people could declare themselves as Garifuna or Callinago. In the last census, only 0.09 per cent of the population declared themselves as “Other”. 44. The Special Rapporteur did not receive clear information on how the information compiled through this “Other” box is treated. Some officials stressed that efforts are made to minimize this category, with the enumerator categorizing people in boxes where he or she believes they belong. However, other officials denied the existence of such a practice. The Special Rapporteur recommends that this be clarified and that clear guidelines for enumerators be published in this respect. She also suggests that information collected under “Other” be taken into account, so as to assess whether there is need to reformulate the questions in the questionnaire. 45. The Special Rapporteur understands that the situation is very complex, in particular when population groups are in the process of retrieving culture(s) that have been lost or neglected. She stresses that population censuses may also be used to draw up, not a “racial” profile of the population, but a cultural profile, based on how people identify themselves in terms of cultural identity, cultural practices and common history. More generally, the Government may develop, in collaboration with relevant communities, indicators of cultural diversity which could be useful in terms of recognition, as well as for the planning institutions. B. 1. Right to access cultural heritage, including one’s own history Researching, writing and teaching history 46. There seems to be a strong demand among Vincentians, and in particular the Garifuna and the Callinago people, to research and access their own history; however, they tend to encounter many obstacles. 47. During her visit, the Special Rapporteur met with local historians, teachers and other people interested in researching history, who stressed the lack of means. Lack of information and difficult access to archives that are located abroad were cited as important obstacles. The International Garifuna Research Centre make available all information that it is able to collect, but also has very limited resources. 10