E/CN.4/2004/63 page 5 Table 1 In situ visits State visited China Pakistan Iran (Islamic Republic of) Greece Sudan India Australia Germany United States of America Viet Nam Turkey Bangladesh Argentina Algeria Georgia Romania Date of visit November 1994 June 1995 December 1995 June 1996 September 1996 December 1996 February-March 1997 September 1997 January-February 1998 October 1998 December 1999 May 2000 May 2001 September 2002 August-September 2003 September 2003 Document symbol E/CN.4/1995/91 E/CN.4/1996/95/Add.1 E/CN.4/1996/95/Add.2 A/51/542/Add.1 A/51/542/Add.2 E/CN.4/1997/91/Add.1 E/CN.4/1998/6/Add.1 E/CN.4/1998/6/Add.2 E/CN.4/1999/58/Add.1 E/CN.4/1999/58/Add.2 A/55/280/Add.1 A/55/280/Add.2 E/CN.4/2002/73/Add.1 E/CN.4/2003/66/Add.1 E/CN.4/2004/63/Add.1 E/CN.4/2004/63/Add.2 6. He wishes to point out that these requests in no way suggest preconceived views or any negative judgement regarding the Governments concerned. Rather, the aim is to use such visits to establish or to pursue a dialogue with the authorities and with all the parties concerned, particularly with NGOs and all individuals having a particular interest in the mandate. Moreover, regardless of whether the visit is made at the request of the General Assembly or the Commission, like the one to the Sudan, at the initiative of the country concerned, like those to China and Algeria, or at his own initiative, the Special Rapporteur has always tried to maintain a balance both in the regions visited and in the religions involved. He therefore visited, for example, Turkey as well as Greece, and Pakistan as well as India. 7. In accordance with resolution S-5/1 of 19 October 2000, entitled “Grave and massive violations of the human rights of the Palestinian people by Israel”, the Commission, in a special session, decided inter alia to request the Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance to carry out an immediate mission to the occupied Palestinian territories and to report on his findings. In response to a letter dated 18 December 2000 from the Special Rapporteur to the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations informing it of his intention to visit the occupied territories and seeking the cooperation of the Israeli authorities for access to the territory, the latter informed him, by letter of 2 January 2001, that Israel would “not cooperate in the implementation of (…) this resolution”.