E/CN.4/1998/6/Add.2 page 27 105. The Special Rapporteur reiterates his recommendation (E/CN.4/1997/91, para. 103) regarding the organization of a high-level intergovernmental meeting to consider and arrive at a collective approach to sects and religions that respects human rights. 106. Finally, the Special Rapporteur again draws attention to the need to shield questions of religion and belief from the tension and clashes of interests, in particular political and economic interests, that exist in the international sphere so that the freedoms of religion and belief may be exercised with the serenity proper to them and not diverted from their purpose, for the benefit of every faith, of citizens and of society as a whole, and also of human rights. Note 1/ Article 136 (I) Civil and civic rights and duties shall be neither dependent on, nor restricted by, the exercise of freedom of religion. (II) The enjoyment of civil and civic rights and eligibility for public office shall be independent of religious faith. (III) No one shall be required authorities shall not have the membership of a Church or cult survey ordered by law makes it to disclose his religious belief. The right to inquire into a person's except to the extent that a statistical necessary. (IV) No one may be compelled to perform any religious act or ceremony or to participate in religious exercises or to use a religious form of oath. Article 137 (I) There shall be no State Church. (II) Freedom of association to form Churches or cults shall be guaranteed. The union of Churches or cults within the territory of the Reich shall not be subject to any restriction. (III) Every Church or cult shall regulate and administer its affairs independently, within the limits of the law applicable to all. It shall confer its offices without the participation of the State or the communes. (IV) Churches or cults shall acquire legal capacity according to the general provisions of civil law. (V) Churches or cults shall remain corporate bodies in public law if they have been previously. The other Churches or cults shall be granted the same rights upon application if their statute and the number of