A/61/335 Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Summary In this report, the Special Rapporteur describes the activities in which he participated as part of the follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in the period since the sixtyfirst session of the Commission on Human Rights. He summarizes, inter alia, the reports he submitted to the Commission at its sixty-second session, to be introduced to the Human Rights Council at its second session, namely: his general report on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination (E/CN.4/2006/16), his report on the situation of Muslims and Arab peoples in various parts of the world (E/CN.4/2006/17) (in the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001), his report on political platforms which promote or incite racism (E/CN.4/2006/54), his reports on his mission to Japan (E/CN.4/2006/16/Add.2 and Corr.1) and Brazil (E/CN.4/2006/16/Add.3), as well as his preliminary note on his mission to Switzerland (E/CN.4/2006/16/Add.4). This report also takes stock of the various meetings and conferences in which the Special Rapporteur participated as part of his mandate. The activities reported upon are categorized as follows: reports submitted by the Special Rapporteur to the Commission at its sixty-second session, coordination activities with other human rights mechanisms, his participation in various meetings and conferences on themes within his mandate, and field missions. The last-mentioned include missions to Japan, Brazil, Switzerland and the Russian Federation. The Special Rapporteur has adopted two approaches in all these activities: on the one hand, close monitoring and analysis of old and new forms of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia and, on the other hand, promotion of a dual — political and legal, as well as cultural and ethnic — strategy to combat them. 2 06-51904