A/50/476 English Page 35 IV. A. MEASURES TAKEN BY GOVERNMENTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Education in human rights and measures to combat racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and intolerance 1. Governments 132. On 16 July, on the occasion of the ceremony commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the round-up at the Vélodrome d’Hiver, the President of the French Republic recognized for the first time France’s share of responsibility for the deportation of Jews during the Second World War and the State’s permanent debt to the victims. 133. The Mexican Government, after informing the Special Rapporteur that no instance of racial discrimination had been brought to its knowledge, stated that "the National Human Rights Commission has prepared a programme of education in human rights, the purpose of which is to include the study of human rights in the school curriculum at the elementary level and to train the teaching personnel". 69/ Educational support materials have been prepared and an educational project along those lines has been introduced, on an experimental basis, in a primary school in the Federal District. 134. In Portugal, there are programmes and activities aimed at promoting harmony, tolerance, dialogue and solidarity among peoples. In particular, the project for intercultural education is designed for pupils enrolled in compulsory education who come mainly from ethnic cultural minorities, as well as teachers, families and communities. In the same context, mention should be made of the Coordinating Secretariat of Multicultural and Intercultural Educational Programmes, which was established on 13 March 1991. It comprises the central and regional services of the Ministry of Education and its function is to coordinate, stimulate and promote, at the level of the educational system, programmes and activities aimed at encouraging harmony, tolerance, dialogue and solidarity among peoples; promoting intercultural dialogue, in collaboration with parents’ associations, pupils and municipal and other local institutions; promoting civics literacy activities in communities; and carrying out characterization studies of zones and schools at risk, with regard to conflicts or racial violence. 70/ 135. Sweden, for its part, has undertaken to wage a campaign against xenophobia, aimed at young people, from 1994 to 1996, in connection with the campaign of the Council of Europe against racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and intolerance, adopted on 8 and 9 October 1993 in Vienna. Sweden is also participating actively in the Nordic countries’ campaign against xenophobia. 71/ 136. The Netherlands Government has undertaken to make public opinion more aware of questions relating to racism and discrimination through publicity campaigns and legislative initiatives. 72/ /...