A/50/476 English Page 6 11. The authors of these reservations, who are otherwise very satisfied with the work done by the Special Rapporteur and who encourage him in carrying out his mandate, have written, in particular: (a) "(...) Certain paragraphs of your report, notably paragraphs 22 and 37, contain statements that are totally out of place: they are phrased in the kind of language that can only reinforce anti-Semitism. In addition, the report is insensitive in paragraph 24 to the prejudice against Jewish culture and history demonstrated at the 1982 UNESCO conference in Mexico City."; 3/ (b) "(...) while the report of [Professor Glèlè-Ahanhanzo] represents a milestone in the Commission’s attempt to address a wide range of hate problems, it also reinforces in several sections hateful anti-Semitic stereotypes. "Those sections include the following: - Paragraph 22 endorses the view that anti-Semitism is ’compounded by the economic powers of the Jews’. - Paragraph 37 alleges that anti-Semitism is caused because ’certain adherents of Judaism continue to treat Christ as an impostor’. - Paragraph 62 notes that the number of cases of anti-Semitic attacks in Germany has arisen in the last two years from 40 to 63, but concludes by minimalizing this number with the gratuitous comment ’Acts directed against Jews have ... increased to a lesser degree than those directed against foreigners in general.’ The use of the term ’in general’ conveys the impression that Jewish citizens of Germany are to be regarded as foreigners. - In paragraph 24 the report also lauds the UNESCO Conference on Cultural Policies, held in Mexico City in 1982, for its support of the equal dignity of all cultures and the affirmation of the value of cultural diversity. B’nai B’rith attended that conference and found that in contrast to earlier UNESCO conferences and exhibits, it excluded any mention of Jewish culture and history."; 4/ (c) "Let me begin by praising you for your work as Special Rapporteur over the last year, and specifically the reports which you have delivered to the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights. Your investigations have been in depth, and many of your conclusions have been ground-breaking. "I write to draw your attention to several comments you made in your report (A/49/677, annex) to the General Assembly concerning anti-Semitism. Again, I would like to emphasize that the majority of your work on this head was both incisive and important, and your condemnation of the ’Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion’ as ’a sham’ was an important /...