A/68/329 members of the principal Christian churches of Ukraine, has a significant impact on interfaith relations, as have the heads of the ethnic religious centres operating in the country, including one Jewish and three Muslim centres. The efforts of the Council to strengthen harmony and tolerance among religious organizations of various faiths and their members have been effective, according to the Government. III. Contributions received from intergovernmental, non-governmental and other organizations A. European Union 112. In May 2013, the European Commission Directorate-General for Justice adopted its third annual report on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, covering the year 2012, which takes stock of manifestations of intolerance to pluralism in the European Union. In 2012 a number of serious incidents of racism and xenophobia took place in the European Union, including racist and xenophobic hate speech and violence against Roma and immigrants. 113. According to the findings of a report on crimes motivated by hatred and prejudice in the European Union by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, nearly 1 in 5 Roma and sub-Saharan Africans interviewed considered that they had been a victim of a racially motivated crime of assault or had been threatened or seriously harassed at least once in the previous 12 months. Victims of crime are often unable or unwilling to seek redress against the perpetrators, however. For this reason, many crimes go unreported and unprosecuted, which illustrates the need to build up confidence in the criminal justice system and law enforcement bodies among victims and witnesses of hate crimes. 114. A Eurobarometer survey undertaken to assess discrimination in the European Union in 2012 showed that discrimination on the grounds of ethnic origin continued to be regarded as the most widespread form of discrimination. 115. The European Union is assessing the application of the anti-discrimination equality directive (2000/43/EC) and the employment equality directive (2000/78/EC) in order to look into existing challenges to their efficient implementation. 116. A report on the transposition of framework decision 2008/913/JHA of the Council of the European Union on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law will assess the compliance of member States with the provisions of the framework decision and could be used as a basis to address infringements of the decision by initiating the necessary procedures from 1 December 2014. 117. The proposal of the European Commission for a recommendation by the Council of Europe on Roma inclusion will be presented before the end of 2013. The aim of the recommendation is to reinforce the implementation of national Roma integration strategies by developing responses to a number of cross-cutting issues, such as the situation of Roma children, Roma women and transnational cooperation. In addition, the Commission has proposed better targeting of European Union funds to support Roma integration. 18/25 13-43012