E/CN.4/2000/65 page 4 Introduction 1. At its forty-second session, the Commission on Human Rights decided, in resolution 1986/20 of 10 March 1986, to appoint for one year a special rapporteur to examine incidents and governmental action in all parts of the world inconsistent with the provisions of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion or Belief and to recommend remedial measures for such situations. 2. In accordance with that resolution, the Special Rapporteur has submitted 13 reports, some containing addenda, to the Commission on Human Rights since 1987. Since 1994, reports have also been submitted to the General Assembly (A/50/440; A/51/542; A/52/477 and Add.1; A/53/279; A/54/386). The present report is submitted in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/39 of 26 April 1999. I. REPORT ON COMMUNICATIONS SENT BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR AND REPLIES RECEIVED FROM STATES SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT ITS FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION 3. This report relates to a total of 93 communications (including 2 urgent appeals to Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran) sent to 55 States: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan (3), Bangladesh (2), Belarus, Bolivia, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria (2), Cape Verde, China (4), Comoros (2), Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2), Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Finland, Gabon, Georgia (2), Greece (2), India (5), Indonesia (3), Iran (Islamic Republic of) (2), Iraq, Israel (4), Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal (3), Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan (4), Peru, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova (2), Russian Federation, Samoa, Saudi Arabia (2), Sudan, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic (2), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan (3), Uganda, Ukraine (2), United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan (3), Viet Nam (3), and Yemen (2). 4. It also covers the replies of 23 States: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, China, Djibouti, Eritrea, Finland, Georgia, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Nepal, Peru, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Uzbekistan and Viet Nam. 5. The Special Rapporteur has also noted in this report the replies received and the absence of replies to communications sent for the fifty-fifth session of the Commission on Human Rights. 6. The Special Rapporteur wishes to point out that these communications do not cover all the incidents and governmental action in the world that are incompatible with the 1981 Declaration. The fact that some States are covered in this report does not mean that other States are problem-free. It is also clear that the communications do not cover all religions and beliefs and that the frequency with which religions and beliefs are covered by communications does not necessarily reflect their general situation in the world (see also document A/54/386).