E/CN.4/2005/18 page 3 CONTENTS Paragraphs I. Page ACTIVITIES OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ................. 1-8 4 A. Field missions and activities of the Special Rapporteur .. 1-4 4 B. Participation in the work of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session .................................................... 5-8 5 9 - 43 6 Impact of identity constructions on racism, discrimination and xenophobia ........................................ 9 - 12 6 Hierarchy of forms of discrimination and intellectual justification of racism and xenophobia ............................ 13 - 16 8 Rise of parties and movements with racist and xenophobic platforms ...................................................... 17 - 28 9 D. Racism and sport ............................................................. 29 - 38 12 E. The Roma and other groups ............................................. 39 - 43 14 III. REGIONAL COOPERATION ................................................. 44 - 47 15 IV. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................... 48 16 II. CONTEMPORARY MANIFESTATIONS OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE ................................................... A. B. C.