E/CN.4/1992/52 page 1 Introduction 1. At its forty-second session, the Commission on Human Rights decided, in resolution 1986/20 of 10 March 1986, to appoint for one year a special rapporteur to examine incidents and governmental actions in all parts of the world which were inconsistent with the provisions of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, and to recommend remedial measures for such situations. 2. Pursuant to that resolution the Special Rapporteur submitted a first report to the Commission at its forty-third session (E/CN.4/1987/35). His mandate was extended for one year by Commission on Human Rights resolution 1987/15 of 4 March 1987 adopted at that session. 3. At its forty-fourth session, the Commission had before it a further report by the Special Rapporteur (E/CN.4/1988/45 and Add.l and Corr.l) and it decided, by resolution 1988/55, to extend the Special Rapporteur's mandate for two years. At its forty-fifth session, the Special Rapporteur submitted his third report (E/CN.4/1989/44) to the Commission. 4. At its forty-sixth session, the Commission on Human Rights considered the Special Rapporteur's fourth report (E/CN.4/1990/46) submitted in conformity with the provisions of resolution 1989/44. During that session, the Commission decided, by resolution 1990/27, to extend his mandate for a further two years. At its forty-seventh session, the Special Rapporteur submitted his fifth report (E/CN.4/1991/56) to the Commission. 5. The report which follows is submitted to the Commission on Human Rights at its present session in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 14 of resolution 1991/48 of 5 March 1991. 6. In chapter I, the Special Rapporteur recalls the terms of his mandate and their interpretation, and describes the working methods he used in preparing this sixth report. 7. Chapters II and III reflect the activities of the Special Rapporteur during the present reporting period. Chapter II contains allegations duly transmitted to the Governments concerned regarding situations which were said to depart from the provisions of the Declaration as well as the comments formulated in that regard by Governments. In order to be able to submit his report in time for the forty-eighth session of the Commission on Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur has not been able to take account of communications received after 16 December 1991. Should his mandate be renewed, they will be included in the report which he would submit to the Commission at its forty-ninth session, in 1993. 8. Chapter III contains answers received from Governments to a questionnaire addressed by the Special Rapporteur to all States on 25 July 1990 for the purpose of shedding light on the way in which certain problems of which he had been seized in earlier years are treated at the legislative level. The Special Rapporteur has already included the answers to the questionnaire from Governments which had arrived prior to the finalization of his report to the