A/51/536 English Page 15 representatives will be developed, allowing for the Working Group to act as a focal point on their respective activities in the field of minority protection. (5) The Working Group recommended that collaboration and cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the specialized agencies, in particular the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), be strengthened, and new avenues of cooperation sought with, inter alia, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). (6) The Working Group decided that Governments be encouraged to establish mechanisms which could facilitate dialogue and conciliation between minorities and Governments. Particular reference was made to the situation of minorities which was brought to the attention of the Working Group. Information on the activities undertaken in that field should be submitted to the Working Group. 52. The report of the Working Group at its second session is contained in document E/CN.4/Sub.2/1996/28. Comprehensive programme for the prevention of discrimination and protection of minorities 53. In compliance with Subcommission decision 1995/110, Mr. Eide, Subcommission expert, was requested to prepare a second working paper containing further suggestions for a comprehensive programme for the prevention of discrimination and protection of minorities, including proposals for the examination of thematic issues relating to racism, xenophobia, minorities and migrant workers. It contains comprehensive information on the past achievements of the Subcommission in this field, requirements for the development of a broader strategy focusing in particular on the activities and mandate of the Subcommission, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination and the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. In his conclusions, Mr. Eide recommended, inter alia, that greater attention be paid to the role of the mass media in promoting and protecting the rights of persons belonging to minorities, the strengthening of human rights education to combat prejudice and racial discrimination, further monitoring of the principles contained in the Declaration, and the issue of citizenship and the rights of stateless persons. The report, submitted to the Subcommission at its forty-eighth session, is contained in document E/CN.4/Sub.2/1996/30. Joint study on article 7 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 54. At its forty-eighth session, the Subcommission adopted decision 1996/120, in which the Subcommission requested that two members of the Subcommission and two members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination prepare /...