A/59/366 88. By letter of 14 July 2004, the Government replied that the allegations concerning the events that occurred in April in the Central Highlands were fabrications made up by elements hostile to Viet Nam. On 9 April 2004, the so-called “Montagnard Foundation” announced that there would be demonstrations in the Central Highlands on 10 April with the participation of about 150,000 people. The “Montagnard Foundation” admitted its involvement in the incidents in the Central Highlands. Spreading the rumour that participants at the demonstrations would be allowed to migrate to the United States, the organizers of the demonstrations committed a number of acts causing grave public disorder and used dangerous weapons to beat police officers, causing serious injuries. While law enforcement had taken appropriate action, local authorities took measures to limit the number of demonstrators. Only the instigators of the demonstration were taken in custody 89. Regarding the case of Thich Vien Dinh, the Government replied that on 20 May 2004, a staff member from the Gia Dinh Electricity Company went to Giac Hoa pagoda and met Thich Vien Dinh to discuss the signing of a contract for the sale of electricity to the pagoda. But Thich Vien Dinh refused to submit a photocopy of his residence certificate, a condition for signing the contract, and claimed that the electricity company was intentionally hindering the activities of Giac Hoa pagoda. At the moment, he is not subjected to interrogation, harassment or threats, nor has he been placed under any kind of administrative detention. Thich Quang Do and Thieh Huyen Quang are neither under house detention nor on administrative probation. Thich Quang Do is leading a normal life and practising religion as usual at Thanh Minh pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City. III. In situ visits 90. Since the creation of the mandate, the following country visits have been carried out by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief: Bulgaria (1987), China (1994), Pakistan (1995), Iran (Islamic Republic of) (1995), Greece (1996), Sudan (1996), India (1996), Australia (1997), Germany (1997), United States of America (1998), Viet Nam (1998), Turkey (1999), Holy See (1999), Bangladesh (2000), Argentina (2001), Algeria (2002), Georgia (2003) and Romania (2003). 91. Moreover, while the Islamic Republic of Iran and China have extended an invitation to the Special Rapporteur, requests for visits have also been addressed to Indonesia (1996), Israel (1997), the Russian Federation (1998), the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (1999), Nigeria (2000) and Turkmenistan (2003). IV. Prevention activities 92. From 2 to 5 September 2004, the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief and the Norwegian Committee of the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization will organize in Oslo a global meeting of experts in the field of tolerance education, intercultural education and human rights education related to religion or belief, as one of the initiatives in follow-up to the recommendations of the 2001 Madrid Consultative Conference on Tolerance, NonDiscrimination and Freedom of Religion or Belief in Relation with School Education. The Special Rapporteur attaches great importance to this meeting and hopes to reflect its results in her next report to the Commission on Human Rights. 19