E/CN.4/1996/95 page 12 Kazakhstan (case of conscientious objector Roman Grechko, a Jehovah Witness sentenced to one year in prison because he was neither a member of a religious order nor an office holder in a religious organization; requirements necessary for recognition of conscientious objector status, Lebanon (legislation guaranteeing freedom of belief and worship; arrest and trial of those responsible for the attack against Our Lady of Deliverance Church in Zouk), Malaysia (prohibition of the Al-Arqam Movement for interference in administrative and political matters and practices deviating from the teachings of Islam; arrests followed by release of the Movement’s leader and followers after they publicly admitted their errors), Myanmar (legislation guaranteeing freedom of religion; promotion of the various religions), Pakistan (no discrimination against the Ahmadis; inquiries into allegations of attacks against Ahmadis in Lahore; death of Tahir Iqbal in prison due to cardio-pulmonary arrest), Philippines (massacre of Christians by Muslim extremists), Rwanda (no religious intolerance, assassination of clergymen due more to their ethnic group and occasionally political views), Sudan (positive measures as a result of the meeting between His Holiness the Pope and the President of the Republic, in particular repeal of the law relating to missionary societies, allocations of land to Christians for construction of churches, visa issue process made easier), Turkey (no discrimination in the school system, in particular against the Assyro-Chaldeans, who are the victims of the PKK; legislation not authorizing the reopening of the Greek seminary on the Isle of Halki as a theological academy; protection of the rights of the Greek, Armenian and Jewish communities by the Treaty of Lausanne; freedom of worship and religious practice for the Protestants; no discrimination against the Alevis). 56. Pakistan and Bangladesh provided additional information to a reply sent last year. 57. The Special Rapporteur is awaiting replies to his communications of last year from 22 States: Afghanistan, Algeria, Australia, Benin, Canada, Cuba, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel and occupied territories, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Yemen and Zimbabwe. VI. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 58. The implementation of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief is inseparable from the general question of respect for all human rights, which cannot be truly promoted in the absence of democracy and development. Consequently, action to promote human rights must involve, at one and the same time, measures to establish, strengthen and protect democracy as an expression of human rights at the political level, and measures to contain and progressively eliminate extreme poverty and to promote the right of individuals and peoples to development as an expression of human rights and human solidarity in the economic, social and cultural areas. In other words, as the World Conference on Human Rights put it, democracy, development and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing and all human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated.