A/51/301 English Page 3 I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Commission on Human Rights, at its fifty-second session, took note of the reports submitted by the Special Rapporteur 1/ and expressed its full support and appreciation for his work and for its continuation. 2. Accordingly, the Commission decided to extend for a period of three years the mandate of the Special Rapporteur to examine incidents of contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, any form of discrimination, inter alia, against Blacks, Arabs and Muslims, xenophobia, negrophobia, anti-Semitism and related intolerance, as well as governmental measures to overcome them, and to report on these matters on a yearly basis to the Commission, beginning at its fifty-third session. 3. The Commission nevertheless regretted that the Special Rapporteur had again encountered difficulties in his efforts to fulfil his mandate, owing to the lack of necessary resources. It thus requested the Secretary-General to provide, without any further delay, the Special Rapporteur with all the necessary assistance and resources to carry out his mandate and enable him to submit an interim report to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session and a comprehensive report to the Commission at its fifty-third session. 4. This report is submitted in response to the Commission’s request. As the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat is still understaffed, the notes verbales could not be transmitted on time to Member States in order to gather the necessary information for the preparation of this document. Accordingly, the Special Rapporteur relied mainly on sources from quasi-governmental agencies (national human rights commissions, commissions to combat racism) and non-governmental organizations. He also consulted reliable articles in the international press. 5. The analysis which follows is divided into four sections followed by conclusions and recommendations. The first section is a status report on the execution of the mandate; the second is on manifestations of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia. Section III examines measures taken by Governments. Lastly, section IV deals with the initiatives taken by civil society. II. STATUS REPORT ON THE EXECUTION OF THE MANDATE 6. In this section, the Special Rapporteur presents the observations of Germany on certain paragraphs of the report he submitted to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session (A/49/677) and those of Italy on portions of his report submitted to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session (A/50/476). He also reviews missions he has taken to various countries, discusses future missions and redefines the orientation of his mandate. /...