E/CN.4/1998/6 page 29 118. On the question of women, the Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution 1997/18 of 11 April 1997, urged States, in conformity with international standards of human rights, to take all necessary action to combat hatred, intolerance and acts of violence, intimidation and coercion motivated by intolerance based on religion or belief, including practices which violate the human rights of women and discriminate against women. The Commission stressed the need for the Special Rapporteur to apply a gender perspective, inter alia through the identification of gender-specific abuses, in the reporting process, including in information collection and in recommendations. 119. The Special Rapporteur notes that the actual status of women as regards religion or policies resulting from or attributed to religion is not specific to any given religion. According to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/43 of 11 April 1997 encouraging the strengthening of cooperation and coordination among all human rights treaty bodies in order to integrate a gender perspective in the United Nations system, the Special Rapporteur proposes to initiate and develop closer cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. He also reiterates the recommendation made by the 1984 Seminar on a study of discrimination against women attributable specifically to their status as women within churches and religions. The development of more sustained cooperation with States and non-governmental organizations concerned with this issue is essential and a matter of priority. 120. Finally, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the United Nations should prepare a report on human rights covering all States systematically and taking account of all positive and negative aspects. The report would include contributions from all Special Rapporteurs and special procedure working groups, depending on their mandates, and would extend to all States covered by the respective reports of these non-treaty mechanisms. This systematic approach to human rights in all States would avoid any selectivity regarding States or combinations of circumstances and would therefore be fairer. The preparation of such a report would naturally depend on the availability of the necessary resources. Annex Reply by the Greek authorities on the monitoring chart 121. “With reference to the Special Rapporteur's letter addressed to Mr. George Helmis, Ambassador, dated 5 August 1997, the Greek authorities would like to make the following comments. 122. “Concerning the chart attached to this letter, which contains several recommendations, we would like to observe that the points raised have already been adequately answered by the letter, dated 22 November 1996, of the Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, addressed to the