A/70/321 16. The Government also referenced a number of amendments that had been made to local labour legislation to explicitly prohibit discriminatory employment practices. C. Belarus 17. The Government reported that the Commissioner for Religious and Ethnic Affairs and his team working in the area of inter-ethnic relations coordinated the activities of the national public administration, local executive, administrative bodies and voluntary associations that promoted the rights of Belorussian citizens of different ethnic groups. 18. In this regard, a working group had been set up to improve public policy regarding ethnic relations. It was tasked with providing information on State policy in the field of ethnic and religious relations, encouraging the preservation and study of cultural heritage, promoting the traditions of ethnic communities, encouraging the activities of educational establishments involving intercultural cooperation among students and publicizing the results of sociological research on ethnic issues in Belarus. Under the umbrella of the Commissioner for Religious and Ethnic Affairs, the Inter-ethnic Advisory Council was established in 2006. 19. Additionally, the Commissioner ’s office funded an annual national competition for journalists for the best coverage of issues related to inter -ethnic and interfaith relations, intercultural dialogue in the country and cooperation with compatriots abroad. In the past three years, this organization had given over 500 million Belarusian roubles to voluntary associations to promote the activities of ethnic communities in Belarus. The funds had been used to purchase and donate ethnic costumes and shoes, sound equipment, office equipment and print material for performance groups of the Azerbaijani, Armenian, Georgian, Greek, Jewish, Korean, Lithuanian, German, Polish, Ukrainian, Chuvash, Tatar -Bashkir, Moldovan, Kazakh, Roma and Estonian national cultural associations. D. Estonia 20. The Government clarified its perspectives on contemporary forms of racism, radical discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance by pointing out a variety of actions and developments within the country. The Estonian Penal Code forbade activities that publicly incited hatred, violence and discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, colour, sex, language, origin, religion, sexual orientation, political opinion or financial or social status. Another piece of legislation, the Advertising Act, regulated advertising by forbidding anything contrary to good morals and customs, inciting violence or containing denigrating and discriminating messages, among others. 21. Additionally, 14 June was a national day of mourning commemorating the victims of all crimes against humanity carried out by any repressive forces. As far as combating the distortion of history is concerned, Estonia believed in the importance of remembering and commemorating history. That notion was celebrated by the Baltic Way, a peaceful demonstration held on 23 August in remembrance of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. That date had also been proclaimed by the European Parliament as European Day of 15-13793 7/21