A/50/476 English Page 49 72/ United States Department of State, op. cit. 73/ The resolution was adopted in reaction to the attempted murder of four Roms at Oberwart on 5 February, and the bomb attack against the Croatian minority in a neighbouring village. 74/ As of that date, of the countries of the European Union, France, Germany, Greece and Luxembourg had not ratified the agreement. 75/ Figure published by the Federal Commissioner for the Concerns of Foreigners (Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für die Belange der Ausländer), quoted in Germany for Germans, Xenophobia and Racist Violence in Germany, Human Rights Watch/Helsinki, April 1995, p. 16). 76/ Ibid. 77/ Human Rights Watch/Helsinki, Germany for Germans, and Amnesty International, Federal Republic of Germany, Failed by the System: Police Ill-Treatment of Foreigners, May 1995. 78/ Including FAP (Freiheitliche Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), which according to The New York Times of 25-26 February 1995 is one of the largest. 79/ According to Associated Press. 80/ According to Reuters, 2 February 1995. 81/ The International Herald Tribune, 13 April 1995. The passages in question are ones in which the Jews are accused of having killed Christ because they were incapable of controlling their fanaticism and in which Jewish traditions and rights are presented as outlandish duties calling for circumcision and for the wearing of hats, according to The International Herald Tribune. 82/ According to Associated Press, 24 May 1995. 83/ E/CN.4/1995/78/Add.1, paras. 1, 3 and 12. 84/ Affirmative Action Review, Report to the President, by George Stephanopoulos, Senior Adviser to the President for Policy and Strategy, Washington, D.C., 19 July 1995. 85/ Memorandum from the White House to heads of executive department and agencies, 19 July 1995. 86/ Extract from the communication dated 16 March 1995 from the Government of Spain. 87/ United States Department of State, op. cit. 88/ Communication from the Government of Portugal, op. cit. /...

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