E/CN.4/2001/83 page 11 37. The communications received from Governments contain information in reply to the urgent appeals and other letters sent by the Special Rapporteur and referred to in a separate part of this report. In this connection, the Special Rapporteur wishes to draw the attention of Governments to paragraph 9 of Commission resolution 2000/48. B. Type of communications sent by the Special Rapporteur 38. The Special Rapporteur maintains various types of communications with Governments on the basis of the resolutions establishing her mandate and determining the type of cooperation to be expected from Governments and her office. In particular, she has established three main types of communications involving requests for information, for cooperation and for urgent action with a view to preventing or, as necessary, investigating violations of human rights affecting migrants. C. Visits 39. In its resolution 2000/48, the Commission requested the Special Rapporteur to include in her work schedule a programme of visits for the next two years with a view to improving the protection afforded to the human rights of migrants, thus implementing as broadly and fully as possible all aspects of her mandate. 40. The Special Rapporteur believes that visits to a country are a good way of familiarizing herself with the situation and being able to report to the Commission, taking into account all aspects relating to the main focus of her work. She is convinced that visiting a country does not necessarily mean accusing the Government of that country of having committed human rights violations. Visits are an excellent way of analysing and understanding a situation in the light of every possible circumstance. D. Cooperation with other United Nations mechanisms 41. Because of the specific characteristics of her mandate, the Special Rapporteur is cooperating actively in the preparations for the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, which will be held in South Africa in 2001. In other resolutions, the Commission requested her to cooperate with other Commission mandates, especially on questions relating to the rights of the child and the traffic in women and girls. IV. GENERAL CONTEXT AND SITUATIONS REQUIRING THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR’S ATTENTION A. Status of the question 42. It must be borne in mind that migratory flows are not a by-product of the century that has just ended. However, the latest statistics on migratory flows in all parts of the world do show that migration increased in the past few decades and has become a matter of growing concern to Governments, civil society and international and intergovernmental organizations.