E/CN.4/2000/65 page 28 recommendations on religious intolerance which have a bearing on the World Conference (para. 7). Lastly, in resolution 1999/82 entitled “Defamation of religions”, the Commission, expressing concern at any use of the print, audio-visual or electronic media or any other means to incite acts of violence, xenophobia or related intolerance and discrimination towards Islam or any other religion (para. 3), calls upon the Special Rapporteurs on religious intolerance and on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to take into account the provisions of the resolution when reporting to the Commission (para. 6). 108. In accordance with the above resolutions, the Special Rapporteur has recommended the following studies: (a) A study which might be entitled “Image of religious minorities in the media”. As explained by the Special Rapporteur in several mission reports, especially those on Germany (E/CN.4/1998/6/Add.2) and the United States of America (E/CN.4/1999/58/Add.1), the media, and in particular the popular press, all too often portrays matters relating to religion and belief, in particular religious minorities, in a grotesque, not to say totally distorted and harmful light. The Special Rapporteur has recommended starting a campaign to develop awareness among the media of the need to publish information that respects the principles of tolerance and non-discrimination. These measures would also make it possible to educate and shape public opinion in accordance with these principles. The study would therefore identify the role of the media in hatred and religious intolerance vis-à-vis religious minorities, and their responsibilities and would recommend preventive measures, including action to be taken under the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights advisory services programme; (b) A study which might be entitled “Intolerance against ethno-religious communities: identification and measures”, which would try to identify the main factors of intolerance against ethno-religious communities, and its manifestations and would recommend measures to combat and prevent them. 2. Defamation 109. In its resolution 1999/82 entitled “Defamation of religions”, the Commission on Human Rights expresses deep concern at negative stereotyping of religions, and at the fact that Islam is frequently and wrongly associated with human rights violations and with terrorism; also expressing concern at the role of the media, the Commission calls upon the Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance to take into account the provisions of that resolution when reporting to the Commission at its fifty-sixth session. 110. That resolution in fact confirms the concern already expressed by the Special Rapporteur, especially in his mission reports on Pakistan (E/CN.4/1996/95/Add.1) and Sudan (A/51/542/Add.2). The Special Rapporteur had found that religious, especially Muslim, minorities were the butt of prejudice and stereotyping, a finding echoed in paragraph 2 of resolution 1999/82. Moreover, in accordance with paragraph 3 of the same resolution, the Special Rapporteur had described in his mission reports on Germany (E/CN.4/1998/6/Add.2), the United States of America (E/CN.4/1999/58/Add.1) and Australia (E/CN.4/1998/6/Add.1) the association of Islam with religious extremism and terrorism found in the media and particularly in the popular press. Recommendations had been made on that subject in the aforementioned