A/51/536 English Page 30 nationality and religion-based hatred through education and public information programmes. In her report, the Special Rapporteur expressed a number of concerns regarding widespread discrimination against particular ethnic and religious groups in the areas of Kosovo, Vojvodina and Sandjak. More specifically, she mentioned that the educational system for ethnic Albanian children in Kosovo was far from adequate, and in Vojvodina, the Hungarian and Croat minorities in that region had expressed concern about the effective implementation of their rights to use their own language, and establish their own cultural organizations and educational institutions. As far as cultural rights were concerned, fears had been expressed that Hungarian historical names and denomination of places might be permanently lost. The Special Rapporteur recommended that legislation regarding citizenship should take into account the provisions contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the international Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other relevant international legislation, dialogue must be established between the leaders of the ethnic Albanian population in Kosovo and the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the freedom of culture, religion, education, language and other expressions of ethnicity must be protected and defended by the Constitutions of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 120. In regard to the situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the educational situation of national minorities, in particular the Albanian community, remained one of the most pressing concerns in the country. The shortage of primary and secondary school teachers for minorities was serious, and the number of minority students who continued their education at institutions of higher education remained disproportionally low. Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur noted the disproportionately low number of Albanian employees and other persons with a minority background in public office and the difficulties the Serb Orthodox community was having in registering with the relevant authorities. She welcomed, however, the new Law on Local Self-government, which had been passed in October 1995, which included important provisions concerning the official use of minority languages on a municipal level. According to the new law, the language and alphabet of a national minority would be used, together with Macedonian, on signs and inscriptions in public places in municipalities in which the minority group constituted the majority of the population and if the local municipal council so decided. Both languages would also be in use in the local administration in municipalities where there was a majority or a considerable number of persons belonging to the minority. The Special Rapporteur recommended that the Government continue its efforts to ensure equal access by the national minorities to education and employment at all levels and, in particular, to explore alternative ways of enabling those groups to enjoy higher education in their own language. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar 121. The Special Rapporteur, Mr. Yozo Yokota, in his report (E/CN.4/1996/65) has continued to provide reports on the human rights violations perpetrated against members of ethnic minorities in Myanmar, in particular the Karen, Mon, Shan and Muslims of Rakhine (Arakan) State. Most of the violations were reported to occur in the context of the Myanmar Army’s counter-insurgency activities against armed opposition groups operating in areas of large ethnic minority populations. The Special Rapporteur received reports that the central Government had denied /...