A/71/325 individuals and organizations can lodge complaints about any kind of discrimination. For example, a case of anti-Semitic chants during a football match led to the sanctioning of an Argentinian football club. Another case concerned the rise in neo-Nazi incidents in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, where the community has been the target of neo-Nazi and homophobic incidents over the past year. A centre for receiving complaints and assisting victims of acts of xenophobia and racism has been opened in Mar del Plata to address the rise in this type of incident. 11. The Government drew attention to the fact that, while the spread of Nazism, neo-Nazism and contemporary forms of racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance within civil society has slowed down at the national level, such attitudes and ideologies are taken seriously by governmental institutions. B. Cuba 12. The Government of Cuba informed the Special Rapporteur that it considers it vital to establish, at the national level, the political, legal, economic and social foundations to successfully address all the aforementioned manifestations of xenophobia and racism. In Cuba, constitutional recognition of the principle of equality and the adoption of legislative measures designed to eliminate racial discrimination and to uphold the prohibition of discrimination of all forms have been given priority. 13. The Government stressed that, historically, xenophobia has not existed as a social phenomenon in Cuba. The Government noted with concern that in many regions and countries of the world, and particularly in countries of the industria lized North, racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia continue to exist, including in new and more sophisticated forms. Their persistence is reflected by the continuing formation of associations and political parties with a racist agenda; the erection of monuments and the organization of public demonstrations to glorify the Nazi past and neo-Nazism; attempts to defile or destroy memorials to those who fought against Nazism; the social exclusion and marginalization of peoples, ethnic groups, minorities and other social groups and categories of individuals; the proliferation of discriminatory migration policies and laws; and the adoption of anti -terrorism legislation that offers considerable leeway for arbitrary action and the exercise of public authority on a discriminatory, racist and xenophobic basis. 14. The Government highlighted that Cuba firmly believes that the persistence and resurgence of neo-Nazism, neo-Fascism and other violent nationalist ideologies based on racial and national prejudice should be condemned at the international level and cannot be justified using manipulative and selective arguments related to the exercise of the right to peaceful assembly and association and the right to freedom of opinion and expression. 15. The Government reiterated its resolve to support efforts to ensure the full implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the adoption of new practical measures to eradicate contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination and intolerance. 16. The Government reported that Cuba has worked around the world to provide services in the fields of health, education and sport in order to allow access to 16-13939 5/20