E/CN.4/2005/85 page 4 Introduction 1. The present report is the fifth to be submitted to the Commission on Human Rights by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Ms. Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro, pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/53. 2. Chapter I documents the Special Rapporteur’s activities during the period under review. Chapter II reports on progress in the areas of investigation identified by the Special Rapporteur, in her first report to the Commission, as priorities for the mandate, namely (a) racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia directed against immigrants; and (b) migrant women and unaccompanied minors. This chapter also summarizes the working methods settled on by the Special Rapporteur. Addendum 1 to this report summarizes the communications sent by the Special Rapporteur in 2004 and the replies received from the Governments concerned. It also includes the Special Rapporteur’s comments on the situations described in the allegations transmitted and statistics on the communications sent by this special public mechanism since 1999. During the period under review, the Special Rapporteur undertook official visits to the Islamic Republic of Iran (22-29 February 2004), Italy (7-18 June) and Peru (20-30 September). The reports on these visits are contained in addenda 2, 3 and 4 respectively. I. ACTIVITIES OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR IN 2004 A. Summary of activities 3. The report submitted by the Special Rapporteur to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session contains a summary of her activities from November 2003 to September 2004 (A/59/377, paras. 5-20). During the period not covered by that report, the Special Rapporteur took part in the following events: (a) From 2 to 5 September, she attended the plenary meeting of the Human Movements and Immigration (HMI) World Congress, organized as part of the Universal Forum of Cultures - Forum Barcelona 2004. The Special Rapporteur also organized a dialogue entitled “Good governance and shared responsibility” and was a member of the science advisory board; (b) On 9 and 10 September she attended the Berne Initiative regional consultations for the Americas in Santiago, Chile; (c) On 20-30 September the Special Rapporteur paid an official visit to Peru; (d) On 7 and 8 October she took part in a discussion in Colombia on gender and rights, organized by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM); (e) On 18 and 19 October she took part in the Sixth Ibero-American Summit of Ministers and High-level Representatives of Children, held in San José;