A/51/542 English Page 13 60. In conclusion, the Special Rapporteur wishes to make it absolutely clear that the resources at his disposal are inadequate for the effective accomplishment of his mandate. At the moment, there is in fact no correlation between what is at stake and the resources available. However legitimate the concerns of the United Nations to cut costs, the Special Rapporteur notes that the drastic limitations on the number of pages in his reports and on his in situ visits, as well as on the human and material assistance available to him, are truly detrimental to his mandate. The Special Rapporteur strongly insists that the resources assigned to his mandate should be increased, and he is quite prepared to accept financial contributions from States, non-governmental organizations and individuals within the framework of a voluntary fund for the mandate on religious intolerance managed in accordance with United Nations rules by the administration of the Centre for Human Rights, along the lines of the fund set up recently for the mandate on the question of violence against women. Any saving made at the expense of human rights at the present time is a lost opportunity for human rights which will translate into less freedom, less tolerance and less humanity. Notes 1/ follows: Paragraphs 14 and 15 of General Assembly resolution 50/183 read as ["The General Assembly] Invites the Special Rapporteur, within the terms of his mandate and in the context of recommending remedial measures, to take into account the experiences of various States as to which measures are most effective in promoting freedom of religion and belief and countering all forms of intolerance; Encourages Governments to give serious consideration to inviting the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries so as to enable him to fulfil his mandate even more effectively;". For the status of communications since the fifty-first session of the 2/ Commission on Human Rights, see E/CN.4/1996/95. 3/ The ROBIN programme is a 24-hour-a-day interactive World Wide Web site on the Internet, using the latest computer technology to collect and report information on issues relating to freedom of religion or belief and public policy. 4/ The PHARE and Tacis Democracy Programme is a European Union initiative to help promote democratic societies in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the newly independent States and Mongolia. /...

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