E/CN.4/1995/78 page 31 131. The Special Rapporteur hopes that strict measures will be taken against individuals and organizations engaging in racist attacks and endangering the life or violating the physical integrity of foreigners, refugees or persons belonging to ethnic minorities, so as to put an end to racist and xenophobic violence in 1995. 132. The Special Rapporteur supports the measures taken by the Government of Germany to bring racist and xenophobic violence under control, eliminate racist propaganda and ban the activities of neo-Nazi organizations and the skinhead movement. 133. The Special Rapporteur also welcomes the efforts made by the Government of Colombia to allow the black communities access to collective ownership of the lands they occupy and to ensure the political representation of those communities in State bodies. He also expresses satisfaction at the efforts made on behalf of the indigenous communities. Notes 1/ Communication of 21 December 1994 from Baden Türk Koordinasyou Kurulu; communication of 24 December 1994 from Hessen Türk Koordinasyou Kurulu; communication of 29 December 1994 from Turkish-German Friendship; and communication of 12 December 1994 from Türk Dernerkleri Koordinasyon Kurulu. 2/ This incident is also mentioned in para. 65 of the interim report to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session (A/49/677). 3/ Council of Europe, report of the Legal Working Group of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, CRI-GT-JUR (94) 10. 4/ Extract from resolution No. 1, report on the first European meeting of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights, Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe, 7-9 November 1994. -----