E/CN.4/1989/44 paqe 48 "In reply to the query of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission, we are certain that a businesslike open dialogue on all aspects of human rights, including religious matters, will contribute to a further development of constructive international co-operation, help to do away with confrontational rhetoric and counter any attempts at preserving an atmosphere of distrust and hostility between countries at the United Nations human rights bodies. "These goals would also be served by the elaboration of an international legally binding instrument on the elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief. Seizing upon this opportunity, we renew our proposal to all States to start working on such an instrument. Viet Nam 78. In a communication of 21 July 1988 addressed to the Government concerned, the following information was transmitted by the Special Rapporteur: "It has been reported that (one name provided), aged 81, and the other members of the Congregation of the Mother Co-Redemptrix as well as parishioners and their families have been arrested and detained since 20 May 1987 for religious motives. The monastery and properties of the Congregation have reportedly been seized and occupied by the authorities. "It was also stated that the charge of anti-revolutionary activities and sabotaging public security against members of the Congregation could not be substantiated by evidence, such as the finding of anti-government or anti-socialist documents or shotguns and ammunition in the monastery, and that, according to the response of the Congregation to those charges, it printed purely reliqious materials." 79. To date no reply has been received from the following Governments: Albania, Burundi, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Nepal, Nicaraqua, Sudan and Viet Nam. B. Consultations and visits 80. In carrying out his mandate, the Special Rapporteur received Government representatives, members of non-qovernmental orqanizations, representatives of various reliqious communities and individuals in Lisbon. He went to Geneva for consultations at the Centre for Human Rights from 18 to 22 July and from 14 to 18 November 1988. During these consultations he received the representatives of various Governments, non-governmental organizations and reliqious communities.