A/50/476 English Page 36 2. European authorities 137. On 26 January 1995, 50 European deputies decided to establish a branch of the Interparliamentary Council against Anti-Semitism within the European Parliament. During the inaugural meeting of the branch, at which the question of combating revisionism in Europe was being considered, it was proposed that the countries of the European Union should harmonize their anti-racist legislation. 138. On 17 February, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on racist murders in Austria, in which it condemned all acts of racial hatred and those who, espousing racist prejudices and xenophobia, promoted the introduction of a climate which was conducive to such crimes, and it urged the Austrian authorities to use all necessary means to bring the guilty parties to justice. 73/ It also invited the Ministers of the Interior and of Foreign Affairs of member States to establish an ad hoc working group to control and combat terrorist, racist and extreme right-wing groups. 139. Lastly, in February 1995, 21 States of the Council of Europe signed the framework agreement for the protection of national minorities. 74/ 3. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 140. During the past year, UNESCO has had occasion to organize or to participate in several seminars dealing with racism and racial discrimination. On 13 and 14 May 1994, for instance, a workshop on new forms of discrimination, organized jointly by UNESCO and the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights, was held in Olympia (Greece). At that meeting, experts representing intergovernmental organizations engaged in combating discrimination discussed the following topics: discrimination against immigrants, the protection of refugees, and the prevention of discrimination against minorities. 141. UNESCO participated in the work of the seminar on "exclusion, equality before the law and non-discrimination" organized by the secretariat of the Council of Europe in collaboration with the Intercentre of Messina in October 1994. 142. In November 1994, UNESCO and the Centre for Studies on Turkey, organized an international conference on the theme "Migrants in the European Union: between integration and xenophobia". Five major topics were discussed during the conference: (a) Theories of genetics as the basis for human behaviour; (b) Current factors and causes of racism, violence and intolerance and how they can be addressed; (c) "New racism" and national socialism - perspectives and possible solutions based on studies in the fields of social science, natural science and culture; /...