A/58/296 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 19 August 2003 English Original: French Fifty-eighth session Item 119 (b) of the provisional agenda* Human rights questions: human rights questions including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance Note by the Secretary-General The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the members of the General Assembly the interim report prepared by Abdelfattah Amor, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on freedom of religion or belief, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 57/208 of 18 December 2002. * A/58/150. 03-47258 (E) 190903 230903 *0347258*