A/RES/48/91 Page 10 discrimination. Regional organizations dealing with human rights issues could mobilize public opinion in their regions against the evils of racism and racial prejudices directed towards disadvantaged racial and ethnic groups. These institutions could serve an important function in assisting Governments to enact national legislation against racial discrimination and promote adoption and application of international conventions. Regional human rights commissions should be called upon to publicize widely basic texts on existing human rights instruments. BASIC RESEARCH AND STUDIES 24. The long-term viability of the United Nations programme against racism and racial discrimination will depend in part on continuing research into the causes of racism and into the new manifestations of racism and racial discrimination. The General Assembly may wish to examine the importance of preparing studies on racism. The following are some aspects to be studied: Application of article 2 of the International Convention on the (a) Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Such a study might assist States to learn from one another the national measures taken to implement the Convention; (b) Economic factors contributing to perpetuation of racism and racial discrimination; (c) Integration or preservation of cultural identity in a multiracial or multi-ethnic society; (d) Political rights, including the participation of various racial groups in political processes and their representation in government service; (e) Civil rights, including migration, nationality and freedom of opinion and association; Educational measures to combat racial prejudice and discrimination (f) and to propagate the principles of the United Nations; (g) Socio-economic costs of racism and racial discrimination; (h) Global integration and the question of racism and the nation State; (i) National mechanisms against racism and racial discrimination in the fields of immigration, employment, salary, housing, education and ownership of property. COORDINATION AND REPORTING 25. It may be relevant to recall that in its resolution 38/14 of 22 November 1983, in which it proclaimed the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, the General Assembly charged the Economic and Social Council with coordinating the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Second Decade and evaluating the activities. The Assembly decides that the following /...