E/CN.4/1996/72/Add.3 page 14 (iv) (v) To study the feasibility of devising and disseminating a syllabus for the teaching of human rights on the basis of the agreed common ground of international declarations and conventions on the rights of the individual; Lastly, to provide technical assistance and financial support for the holding of an international seminar on racism and xenophobia with the partnership of the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights and the cooperation of the United Nations Centre for Human Rights. 48. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the fact that his recommendations have been heeded and that the idea of an international seminar for experts on the topic was raised again in early 1996 by Mr. Paul Bouchet, President of the French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights. This scientific meeting could be organized in France in cooperation with the Centre for Human Rights.