A/HRC/10/8/Add.1 page 20 69. The Special Rapporteur would also like to take this opportunity to reiterate her wish to visit Indonesia in the framework of her mandate (see E/CN.4/2006/5, para. 23; A/60/399, para. 27; A/HRC/4/21/Add.1, para. 176). On 15 April 2008 and on 21 July 2008 she sent follow-up letters to the Government requesting an invitation to visit Indonesia. The Government of Indonesia replied with letters dated 27 May 2008 and 29 September 2008, indicating that, in view of the legislative and presidential elections due to be held in the course of 2009, the Government felt it was unlikely that any visits by United Nations human rights mechanisms would be possible before some time in 2010 at the earliest and that, consequently, a decision regarding an invitation and the setting of dates for the Special Rapporteur’s visit should best be left to the future Government to make once it had been able to establish its own agenda. Iraq Communication sent on 17 November 2008 jointly with the Independent Expert on minority issues and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions 70. The Special Procedures mandate holders brought to the attention of the Government information they had received regarding the recent increase of the number of targeted attacks against members of the Christian minority in the city of Mosul. On 7 October 2008, members of the Christian minority living in east Mosul, namely Mr. Amjad Hadi Putres and his son Hussam, Mr. Zeyad Kamal, as well as a pharmacist’s assistant in al-Tahrir neighborhood, were killed. On 8 October 2008, Mr. Hazim Toma was killed when unknown gunmen shot at him in Bab Ul Sarai market, in west Mosul. On 11 October 2008, two people were killed after the perpetrator had requested to see the victims’ identity cards, which state the religious affiliation of the bearer. On 12 October 2008, three vacated Christian homes with furniture and belongings still inside were firebombed in al-Sukr neighborhood of Mosul. Since late September, the total number of Christians killed is estimated at twenty and more than 200 Christian families have reportedly fled certain neighborhoods of Mosul to find shelter with host families. The main destination of these internally displaced persons would be in the al-Hamdaniya and Tilkaif districts (southeast and north of Mosul). 71. In addition to the above, in early October 2008, some members of the Christian community were threatened in anonymous leaflets to either convert to Islam, pay a “tribute” or be killed. The date of 11 October 2008 was specified as the deadline to comply. 72. While States’ authorities might not be directly responsible for the alleged violations above, the Special Procedures mandate holders stressed that according to article 4 of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion or Belief, all States shall take effective measures to prevent and eliminate discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief in the recognition, exercise and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms in all fields of civil, economic, political, social and cultural life. Similarly, they recalled that Human Rights Council resolution 6/37 urges States to take all necessary and appropriate action, in conformity with international standards of human rights, to combat hatred, intolerance and acts of violence, intimidation and coercion motivated by intolerance based on religion or belief, as well as incitement to hostility and violence, with particular regard to religious minorities.