A/50/476 English Page 15 founding of Brazil (slavery and colonization) and its socio-economic evolution. Discrimination is seen to be economic and social and not at all racial. The Blacks, Indians and mestizos are victims of discrimination not as such, but because they are poor. In another view, these groups are not the preferred targets of discrimination and violence because they are poor, but rather, they are poor because they have been discriminated against since Brazil was founded. Structurally, racial discrimination through denial takes on insidious and subtle forms, and subsists as a vicious circle that only political will based on a clear and courageous facing of reality can break, by attacking the evil. The mission report that will be submitted to the Commission on Human Rights at its fifty-second session in 1996 will attempt to analyse and explain this phenomenon. 3. Missions in Europe 24. With regard to the planned visits to Germany and France, the Governments of those countries have agreed to receive the Special Rapporteur from 18 to 27 September and from 29 September to 9 October 1995, respectively. 25. Finally, the mission to the United Kingdom that had been cancelled last year because of a lack of resources will take place from 13 to 22 November with the agreement of the British Government. C. 1. Cooperation with other United Nations bodies for the promotion and protection of human rights Exchange of views with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 26. On 15 March 1995, the Special Rapporteur and the members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination held an exchange of views on ways in which to increase their cooperation. Each party had an opportunity to specify the nature of its respective mandate. 27. The Special Rapporteur gave a brief presentation on the activities he had undertaken and the reports he had submitted to the Commission on Human Rights and the General Assembly, noting the resurgence of racism and racial discrimination throughout the world and measures taken by Governments and international mobilization against these phenomena. 28. Several experts on the Committee stressed the importance and the need to establish an ongoing dialogue with the Special Rapporteur, and emphasized that, unlike the Committee members, because of his mandate he enjoyed the right to visit the countries concerned and in addition could gather information in States which were not party to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Some experts noted that, while the Committee studied reports from States one after the other and examined situations case by case, the Special Rapporteur, on the other hand, had more room to manoeuvre for example, he could approach issues from a regional point of view. /...