E/CN.4/1995/78/Add.1 page 5 Commission on Civil Rights. The Special Rapporteur also held discussions with Mr. Charles Henry, Director, Office of External Affairs, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State. 11. In addition to government officials, the Special Rapporteur was received by officials from the city councils of Washington, D.C., New York and Atlanta responsible in particular for preserving and if possible strengthening inter-community harmony within their cities and for protecting the rights of members of the various communities. The officials in question were Mr. Merrick Malone, Assistant City Administrator for Economic Development, in Washington; Mr. Robert Hammel and Mrs. Sara Vidal of the New York City Commission on Human Rights; and Mrs. Sheila Martin Brown, a member of Atlanta City Council. 12. The Government of Mexico took advantage of the Special Rapporteur’s presence in the United States to inform him of the problems faced by migrant workers and Mexican immigrants, particularly in California. The Special Rapporteur also spoke with Mr. Victor Flores Olea, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations, during his stay in New York, and with Mr. Enrique Loaeza, Consul-General of Mexico in Los Angeles, when he visited that city. 13. The Special Rapporteur himself received a number of non-governmental organizations combating racism and racial discrimination, and they included eminent representatives of the World Council of Churches who were in Washington for hearings on racism as a violation of human rights in the United States, representatives of organizations from the African American, Asian, Mexican American, Arab American, Indian American and Jewish communities. 4/ While in Harlem, New York, he also had the opportunity to take part in a hearing of victims of racism and racial discrimination, organized by the International Association against Torture. 14. Mindful of the impact of the mass media, particularly the persuasive power of the visual image, and conscious of the decisive importance of teaching tools used to eradicate racism, the Special Rapporteur devoted part of his stay in Los Angeles to visiting the Museum of Tolerance, established by the Simon Wiesenthal Center; the museum is a moving and highly instructive achievement and should be publicized throughout the world, for example, by video, failing the establishment of a museum on each continent. 15. The Special Rapporteur’s varied and instructive itinerary enabled him to gather many instructive data on racism and racial discrimination in the United States that he would like to submit to the Commission on Human Rights in this report. However, it is important to point out that the report is a necessarily partial synthesis of the numerous testimonies received and of a wealth of valuable documents which fill at least three cardboard boxes and would take a team several months to work through. 16. The Special Rapporteur cannot conclude without expressing his gratitude to the Government of the United States for its welcome and for the spirit of cooperation and the openness displayed by its representatives. He would also