E/CN.4/1994/66 page 9 III. RESOURCES 46. In order to carry this new and broad mandate through to a successful conclusion, the Special Rapporteur needs assistance in the form of staff and resources, as the resolution stresses. Following an initial assessment of his needs, the Special Rapporteur considers that he would require at the United Nations Office at Geneva a person at the professional level who is a specialist or at least familiar with and interested in human rights problems and having experience of them, also bilingual, with excellent French and good English; as well as a bilingual secretary. These requirements, and the resources needed to carry out his missions in the field, were very clearly indicated in the financial implications prepared for the programme budget when the Commission adopted the above-mentioned resolution and when it was subsequently approved by the Economic and Social Council. 47. The secretariat assisting the Special Rapporteur in implementing resolution 1993/20 will have the following task: centralization of data and their analysis; study of communications; regular contacts with the permanent missions, the specialized agencies of the United Nations system, NGOs, individuals, and all other sources of information; preparation of seminars and missions. 48. Aware of the importance and the stakes, and indeed the challenge of the new mandate entrusted to him, the Special Rapporteur hopes, for the success of his mission, that he may depend on dynamic cooperation from the Centre for Human Rights and active collaboration from Governments, specialized agencies of the United Nations system, NGOs, and regional intergovernmental organizations. 49. Given the time constraints and the initial difficulties encountered with regard to staff assistance, the Special Rapporteur has not been able to consider and submit the pertinent individual communications. However, he intends in the near future to send a circular letter to all States, describing his new mandate and requesting their active cooperation. IV. PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 50. In addition to the activities which the Special Rapporteur has outlined in the section dealing with methods of work, he suggests that scientific research should be done on the nature and scope of the problems covered by his mandate, particularly through such projects as: An interdisciplinary seminar on the problems of the theoretical aspects and specific manifestations of contemporary forms of racial discrimination, together with a study of measures already taken or to be taken; Workshops (one per continent) during the first two years of his mandate; and