A/HRC/4/21 page 19 Notes 1 The communication was transmitted before 3 June 2006 when the Secretary-General received a letter from the President of the Republic of Serbia informing him that the membership of Serbia and Montenegro in the United Nations was to be continued by the Republic of Serbia and that the name “Republic of Serbia” was henceforth to be used instead of the name “Serbia and Montenegro”. 2 These Guidelines were adopted at the 59th plenary session of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) on 18 June 2004 and were welcomed by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly at its annual session in July 2004 (see http://www.osce.org/item/13600.html). 3 See the recommendations of the international conference of scholars concerning a ban on abuse of the female body which was held 22-23 November 2006 at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt (available online at: http://www.target-humanrights.com/HP-00_aktuelles/alAzharKonferenz/index.php?p=beschluss&lang=en). For a discussion of female genital mutilation see Amor’s thematic study on freedom of religion or belief and the status of women from the viewpoint of religion and traditions (E/CN.4/2002/73/Add.2, paras. 104-110). -----