A/56/253 168. For these reasons the Special Rapporteur also deems it necessary, within the framework of this assessment, to draw attention to the logistics and methodology of the mandate: (a) Concerning logistics, it is essential to increase the financial and human resources allocated to the mandate. While there has been a more than tenfold increase in activities since the inception of the mandate, resources have remained essentially unchanged. The Special Rapporteur was fortunate enough to receive voluntary contributions from Norway and the Holy See in 1999, and to have the support of Spain since the year 2000 for the organization and holding of the Madrid conference on school education. More financial means are needed, however, in order to enable the Special Rapporteur to have at his disposal a minimum of human resources for carrying out the management and prevention activities of the mandate more rapidly and efficiently; (b) As for the methodology, the Special Rapporteur believes that his general reports should systematically cover all States and all religions or beliefs. They should contain analyses of each State in order to take into account, when reviewing instances and situations of intolerance and discrimination, the economic, social, cultural, historical and political context. This would also reflect and make for a better understanding of how States and societies evolve with regard to religion or belief and the issues surrounding freedom of religion or belief. This approach would help, in particular, avoid any selectivity as to States or sets of circumstances and would result in a better analysis of problematic cases or situations and thus be more equitable. Implementation of this methodology would, of course, require appropriate resources to be available. 169. The twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief marked, in particular, by the Madrid conference on school education and the change in the Special Rapporteur’s title, has provided an opportunity not only to prepare this assessment of the situation of human rights and freedom of religion or belief, but also to establish a solid basis and a springboard for forging ahead into the twenty-first century by discouraging violations of the 1981 Declaration and thereby promoting freedom and the expression of the diversity of religion or belief, thanks to not only to the cooperation of States, the Commission on Human Rights and the General Assembly, the United Nations human rights mechanisms, the specialized agencies of the United Nations system, but also to the support of non-governmental organizations. 45