E/CN.4/2006/16 page 7 combat racism and discrimination and the promotion of egalitarian multiculturalism (E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.2, para. 47 (c)). According to information received, State indigenous officials continue to operate through the machinery of indigenous inter-institutional coordination, comprising 18 bodies representing the office of the presidency, the ministries, funds and specialized agencies. In a public ceremony in 2004 they received the support of the President, and, to a greater extent, of the Vice-President, in pursuing this objective. 17. Regarding the Special Rapporteur’s comments concerning the lack of resources for human rights institutions, as well as for the institutions making up the machinery of indigenous inter-institutional coordination, the information received seems to indicate that the situation improved in 2005. There seem to be encouraging signs of a gradual change, although the improvements are only at the general level of State machinery. Thus, in 2004 the Guatemalan Presidential Commission on Discrimination and Racism against Indigenous Peoples (CODISRA) had a budget of 2 million quetzales without there being a specific budget line in the general State budget, whereas for 2005 its budget was doubled and placed under a specific budget line. For 2006 the Commission has a projected budget of 10 million quetzales, already approved by Congress. However, owing to the devastating effect of hurricane Stan, a reprogramming of the national budget has become necessary. 18. Regarding formulation of a national programme to combat racism and discrimination, the Presidential Commission has begun to formulate a State policy for balance and life in harmony, involving government bodies and civil society organizations. A base document has been produced and will be the subject of a lengthy national consultation process, to begin in 2006. 19. The Special Rapporteur had proposed that there should be a critical evaluation of achievements and shortcomings under the relevant provisions of the peace accords, particularly the Agreement on Identity and Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In this context “combating racism and racial discrimination should be linked to the long-term promotion of multiculturalism, based on the principle of unity and diversity, the recognition and promotion of, and respect for, the identity-related, ethnic, spiritual and cultural characteristics and peculiarities of all peoples and communities, and the promotion of a process of interaction and cross-fertilization between them all” (E/N.4/2005/18/Add.2, para. 47 (d)). On 3 August 2005 the Framework Act on the Peace Accords, Congressional Decree No. 52-2005, was approved; it establishes norms and mechanisms regulating and governing the implementation of the peace accords. The Act establishes the National Commission on the Peace Accords (CNAP), endowed with autonomy and functional independence, to conduct dialogue, coordinate, initiate, guide and propose legal and political reform, and to programme projects in implementation of the accords. The National Commission brings together representatives of the executive, legislature and judiciary, as well as representatives of the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) and various sectors of civil society: trade unions, farm workers’ associations, employers, human rights organizations, academics. The Human Rights Procurator and an international observer, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, also participate. 20. In his recommendations, the Special Rapporteur emphasized the question of the construction of a pluralist identity in Guatemala through the promotion of multicultural and intercultural education. In his view special attention should be paid to the way history is written and taught, to the system of values, and to the development of genuine multilingualism in all walks of life. The Special Rapporteur cited as examples the development of adequately