A/50/514 English Page 16 referred, inter alia, to minority situations and the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to minorities in Australia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In his report on the mission he undertook to the United States of America (E/CN.4/1995/78/Add.1), "The Special Rapporteur found sociological inertia, structural obstacles and individual resistance hindering the emergence of an integrated society based on the equal dignity of the members of the American nation and willing to accept ethnic and cultural pluralism" (para. 112). In his conclusions and recommendations, he stressed that: "It should be recognized that when persons from ethnic minorities aspire to equal treatment, they are not asking for favours, but seeking to enjoy the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution in their daily lives by virtue of their status as full citizens or lawful residents" (para. 112, rec. 2). 58. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, Mr. Tadeusz Mazowiecki, in his tenth periodic report (E/CN.4/1995/57, paras. 92-97), addressed the reported discrimination against the Bulgarian minority in Serbia in the areas of education, the media, and the maintenance of their own associations. He also addressed the issue of the treatment of Croatian nationals of Serbian origin. In his final periodic report (E/CN.4/1996/9), the Special Rapporteur described the situation of minorities living in various localities of the former Yugoslavia and made special reference to discrimination against minorities in the field of education. He noted that there are reports that education in the mother tongue of the minorities is being systematically eliminated and that the Bulgarian, Hungarian and Croat minorities face difficulties in maintaining an education system which is acceptable to their culture. The Special Rapporteur also mentioned that all minorities reportedly experience discrimination and violence against their cultural and religious institutions. 59. The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Mr. Bacre Waly Ndiaye, in his report (E/CN.4/1995/61) mentioned that in a number of cases that had come before him in 1994, it was alleged that the victims subjected to death threats or extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions belonged to national, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities. Such cases were said to have occurred in 19 countries. 60. The Special Rapporteur for the implementation of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion or Belief in his report (E/CN.4/1995/91) referred to reports of discrimination against religious minorities. In his conclusions and recommendations, the Special Rapporteur once again deplored frequently serious infringements of the rights of persons belonging to religious minorities in countries with an official or clearly predominant majority religion. /...