A/58/313 9. As a final recommendation, the Special Rapporteur pointed out that follow-up to the Durban Conference should be based on a dual strategy: a strengthened legal and political strategy involving the promotion and implementation of the relevant legal instruments at the national, regional and international levels; and a new intellectual and ethical strategy involving the study, understanding and taking into account of the deep cultural, mental and ethical roots of racial discrimination, racism and xenophobia. For culture, value systems and beliefs are strong forces which, over the long term, form and influence the concepts, mentalities, visions, ideologies and practices which have a positive or negative impact on our perception of and relationship with people different from ourselves. 10. The Commission welcomed the Special Rapporteur’s approach and requested him to continue his study of the situation of Muslim and Arab peoples in various parts of the world with special reference to physical assaults and attacks against their places of worship, cultural centres, businesses and properties in the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001. The Commission also invited the Special Rapporteur to conduct a study on the issue of political platforms which promote or incite racial discrimination. These studies will be submitted to the Commission at its sixtieth session. B. Coordination with other human rights mechanisms and participation in various seminars 11. On 18 March 2003, the Special Rapporteur, at his own request, met with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and had a very fruitful exchange of views with its members. He focused on the complementarity between his mandate and the Committee’s activities. It was decided to organize a systematic, regular exchange of information between the two mechanisms, particularly with respect to the complementarity of the Special Rapporteur’s visits with the reports submitted to the Committee by the States concerned, and to hold periodic meetings for the development of coordinated, effective activities, especially in emergency situations. 12. From 23 to 27 June 2003, the Special Rapporteur participated in the tenth annual meeting of special rapporteurs, representatives, independent experts and chairpersons of working groups of the Commission on Human Rights. The Special Rapporteur joined the other participants in welcoming the measures through which the Secretary-General planned to provide increased support for the special procedures in order to enhance their efficiency. In the light of the urgent need for committed implementation of the Programme of Action of the Durban Conference, he hopes that he will be provided with all the necessary human and material assistance to carry out his mandate efficiently. He also joined his colleagues in expressing, through a joint declaration, his concern at the adoption by several countries of legislation which violates human rights on the pretext of combating terrorism. The Special Rapporteur considered this position statement to be timely since, as shown by the reports submitted to the Commission on Human Rights, including his own preliminary report on the situation of Muslim and Arab peoples in various parts of the world in the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001, the legitimacy of such counter-terrorism measures is often corrupted by discriminatory words and practices. 7