E/CN.4/2003/66 page 2 Summary Pursuant to resolution 2002/40 of 23 April 2002, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief hereby submits to the Commission on Human Rights a set of three documents comprising the present report, an addendum concerning his visit to Algeria from 16 to 26 September 2002 (E/CN.4/2002/65/Add.1) and, for information, the interim report submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session (A/57/274). All the activities carried out as part of the Special Rapporteur’s mandate fall into two basic areas of concern: operational activities to deal with intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief; and prevention of intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief. In the chapter on operational activities (chap. I), the Special Rapporteur reports on the communications sent to States since the publication of the most recent report to the Commission and on the replies received. He also records the late replies from States to the communications sent before the publication of the last report, discusses in situ visits and their follow-up and draws the attention of the Commission to States which have still not complied with his requests to visit them, expressing the hope for better cooperation on their part in the interests of all concerned. In the chapter on prevention of intolerance and discrimination (chap. II), the Special Rapporteur deals with the rather particular post-11 September 2001 context, before discussing the follow-up to the International Consultative Conference on School Education in relation to Freedom of Religion and Belief, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination and the interreligious dialogue. In his conclusions and recommendations (chap. III), the Special Rapporteur presents an analysis of the communications sent since the last session of the Commission and his comments on the situation of religious minorities and women with regard to the freedom of religion or belief and on religious extremism. He also refers to the prevention of intolerance and discrimination based on religion through interfaith dialogue and school education and to the consequences of 11 September 2001.