A/59/329 him, to follow up on communications and country visits and to seek the views and comments of Governments and reflect them, as appropriate, in his reports. In the same resolution, the General Assembly called upon States to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur and to give serious consideration to his requests to visit their countries so as to enable him to fulfil his mandate fully and effectively. The Assembly also urged Member States to consider implementing the recommendations contained in the reports of the Special Rapporteur and invited other relevant stakeholders to implement those recommendations. In addition, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General, to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the necessary human and financial assistance to carry out his mandate efficiently, effectively and expeditiously and to enable him to submit an interim report to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. 4. This report has been prepared pursuant to that resolution, the principal provisions of which have been cited above. II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur A. Participation in the work of the Commission on Human Rights at its sixtieth session 5. From 22 to 27 March 2004, the Special Rapporteur participated in the work of the Commission on Human Rights at its sixtieth session. He introduced his report on the situation of Muslim and Arab peoples in various parts of the world [in the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001] (E/CN.4/2004/19). He also introduced his general report on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (E/CN.4/2004/18), his reports on his missions to Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago (E/CN.4/2004/18/Add.1), Canada (E/CN.4/2004/Add.2) and Colombia (E/CN.4/2004/18/Add.3) and his preliminary report on his mission to Côte d’Ivoire (E/CN.4/2004/18/Add.4). These missions were summarized in his previous report to the General Assembly (see A/58/313, paras. 18-23). 6. The Special Rapporteur noted that, despite the commitment undertaken by the international community in Durban to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance, there continued to be alarming manifestations of those phenomena characterized by two key trends: (1) the resonance and vitality of resurgent traditional forms of discrimination rooted in colour-based racism, the main targets of which are Blacks, Asians, indigenous peoples, Arabs and Roma, and also in anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and caste systems; (2) the appearance of new forms of discrimination targeting non-citizens, refugees and immigrants. 7. Each of these forms of discrimination, both old and new, has its own ontological peculiarities, historical roots and geographical basis. But all have been invigorated by a new and insidious culture of discrimination stemming from the confluence of ideological, political, economic and social factors. Several explanations may be envisaged for this retreat in the struggle against racism; these doubtless include the waning political commitment to the implementation of the Durban Programme of Action, but also the excessive focus in the international agenda on the fight against terrorism in the wake of the tragic events of 11 September 2001. 5