E/CN.4/2001/0063 page 43 172. In addition to his “traditional” visits, the Special Rapporteur will in future visit the major religious communities (following the pattern of his visit to the Holy See in September 1999; see E/CN.4/2000/65) in order to establish a direct dialogue focusing on the 1981 Declaration and any issues relating to freedom of religion and belief. III. INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE ON SCHOOL EDUCATION IN RELATION TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF, TOLERANCE AND NON-DISCRIMINATION 173. The Special Rapporteur has continued his preparations for the international consultative conference on school education in relation to freedom of religion and belief, tolerance and non-discrimination, which is to be held in Madrid from 23 to 25 November 2001 in collaboration with the Spanish Government. At its fifty-fifth session, the General Assembly noted this initiative with satisfaction in its resolution 55/97 (for further details, see A/55/280, paras. 121-132). 174. The Preparatory Committee for the Conference has been established. Besides the Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance and the representative of Spain, it is composed of the following individuals (listed in alphabetical order) who are attending in their capacity as experts rather than as representatives of a particular State (except Spain), religion or NGO: Mr. Taieb Baccouche, Tunisia, expert on the right to education, Director of the Arab Institute of Human Rights; Mr. Doudou Diène, Senegal, Director of the Division of intercultural dialogue and pluralism for a culture of peace of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Mr. Maurice Glèlè Ahanhanzo, Benin, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; Mr. Iván C. Ibán, Spain, Professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Secretary of the European Consortium for Church and State Research; Mr. Michael Roan, United States of America, Director of the Tandem Project and expert in the field of freedom of religion and conviction; Ms. Katarina Tomaševski, Croatia, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on education; Mr. Theo Van Boven, Netherlands, former Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Rights and former member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.