E/CN.4/2002/73/Add.1 page 9 (recognized and included in the National Register of Religions) and, insofar as possible, to manifest their religion or belief (requirements of religious life, religious ceremonies, religious articles). Education 46. Article 5 of Act No. 24159 (1993) provides that education policy must, inter alia, respect the principle of non-discrimination in respect of teaching materials. Article 43 recognizes the right of teachers to respect for their freedom of conscience and religion in the context of democratic coexistence. 47. Article 13 of Act No. 24521 (1995) on higher education guarantees the principle of non-discrimination in respect of access by students to State institutions of higher education. 48. Articles 1 to 3 of Act No. 1818/1984 (1984) recognize the right to conscientious objection to patriotic emblems for religious reasons. 49. Federal Culture and Education Council resolution No. 126/2000 of 9 March 2000 proclaims 19 April, the date of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, the “Day of Coexistence in Cultural Diversity” and makes it one of the commemorations that appear on school calendars in education districts. 50. Ministry of Foreign Affairs decision No. 3232/2000 of 2 November 2000 encourages the organization of activities commemorating the Holocaust and recalling the preventive value of education where discriminatory, xenophobic and racist conduct is concerned. (c) Other matters 51. Department of Worship decision No. 1248/2000 of 16 May 2000 provides for the establishment of the Advisory Council on Religious Freedom, which is part of the Department of Worship and is composed of officials from various religious denominations. Its purpose is to study the legislation in force on freedom of religion and to prepare a bill designed to govern recognition, first, of the legal status of churches, communities and religious denominations and, secondly, of their rights. II. POLICY IN RESPECT OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF A. Consultations with the authorities 52. The executive authorities, including the President of the Republic, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Justice and the Secretary of Worship, and the judicial authorities, including the President and Vice-President of the Supreme Court, reported to the Special Rapporteur on Argentina’s policy of respect for and the promotion of freedom of religion and belief and their freedom to manifest one’s religion or belief.