A/55/304 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 19 August 2000 English Original: French Fifty-fifth session Item 114 of the provisional agenda* Elimination of racism and racial discrimination Report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Note by the Secretary-General** The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the report on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance prepared by Mr. Maurice Glèlè-Ahanhanzo, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 54/153. * A/55/150 and Corr.1, Corr.2 and Corr.3. ** Pursuant to paragraph 1 of section C of resolution 54/248, the reason why this report is being submitted on 14 August 2000 is so that it will contain as much recent information as possible. 00-61288 (E) 041000 ````````` 041000