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Nations system, including the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and
other relevant international and non-governmental
organizations to plan and implement appropriate
cultural, educational and social programmes to promote
the concept of dialogue among civilizations, such
events will certainly be of relevance and make a
special contribution to the mandate on religious
intolerance and to the 2001 conference.
144. Lastly, the Special Rapporteur wishes to highlight
the importance of the decision taken by the
Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution
2000/33, to change the title of the Special Rapporteur
on religious intolerance to that of “Special Rapporteur
on freedom of religion or belief”. This change, which
was sought by the Special Rapporteur to make his
mandate more positive and reflect the full range of his
activities, will take effect when his mandate is next
extended, namely, in 2001, which will itself be a way
of celebrating the 1981 Declaration.
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