A/65/295 I. Introduction 1. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance was created by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 1993/20 and further refined in its resolution 1994/64. In March 2008, the Human Rights Council reviewed, rationalized and improved the mandate. As a result, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 7/34, which extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for a period of three years and set out the terms of reference in paragraphs 2 and 3 of the resolution. 2. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 64/148 on global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. 3. In the present report, the Special Rapporteur gives an overview of the activities carried out under the mandate since the submission of his previous report to the Assembly (A/64/271). Section II is devoted to thematic issues addressed by the Special Rapporteur in annual reports, conferences, seminars and other meetings. Those issues include racism and conflict; incitement to racial or religious hatred; the situation of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers; the collection of ethnically disaggregated data; and racism and sports. In section III, the Special Rapporteur refers to country visits undertaken in the framework of his mandate. Finally, the Special Rapporteur presents a number of conclusions and recommendations relating to the above-mentioned thematic issues. II. Thematic issues addressed by the Special Rapporteur in annual reports, conferences, seminars and other meetings A. Racism and conflict 4. In his annual report submitted at the fourteenth session of the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/14/43), the Special Rapporteur examined how conflict and racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance interrelate. As stated in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance are among the root causes of many internal and international conflicts and are also very often one of its consequences. 1 5. To prevent the eruption of a conflict, the Special Rapporteur emphasized the need to identify early warning signs that help to recognize situations which might lead to conflict. In a manner complementary to the tools developed by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, the Special Rapporteur called upon all stakeholders to give due attention to certain issues, such as the way in which the concept of socalled “national identity” is debated within a given country, the presence of socio-economic discrimination against members of specific groups of the population, as well as political manipulation of racist or nationalist ideology. Indeed, those issues, if dealt with in an inappropriate manner, might contribute to __________________ 1 10-48481 See A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.I, chap. I, preamble and para. 20. 3