E/CN.4/2001/83 page 17 70. It is important to be aware of the fact that orderly migration based on respect for the dignity of men and women is necessary and beneficial for migrants, for host countries and for countries of origin. Racist and xenophobic acts can therefore not be fomented either by action or by omission. Such acts involve violations of the human rights of a large number of persons and make the human rights of national communities in their own countries examples of poor civic education for young people and children. V. ACTIVITIES OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR 71. Since assuming her functions, the Special Rapporteur has carried out various activities. During the period covered by the present report, the Special Rapporteur transmitted the following urgent appeals to the Governments of the States listed below. The cases in which the Governments responded to the urgent appeals are also discussed. 72. The present report does not claim to offer an exhaustive account of all human rights violations whose victims are migrants in various parts of the world. It does, however, offer a complete analysis of how the Special Rapporteur is fulfilling the mandate entrusted to her by the Commission on Human Rights, with the means and possibilities made available to her. A. Urgent appeals 73. In the case of urgent appeals, the Special Rapporteur relies on the resolutions which established the mandate and require this type of appeal and on the international normative framework which is also referred to in those resolutions. The principal substantive legal framework, as indicated in the Commission’s most recent resolution, i.e. resolution 2000/48, includes the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Special Rapporteur finds that the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its two additional protocols, ratified in Palermo (Italy) from 12 to 15 December 2000, are relevant to the fulfilment of her mandate and the protection of migrants. The Special Rapporteur considers that these instruments and others offer a general framework for protection that can guide her in the task of effectively promoting and protecting the fundamental human rights of all migrants. 74. During the period under review, the Special Rapporteur sent the following urgent appeals to the Governments of the countries referred to below. Argentina 75. The Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal to the Government of Argentina on 23 August 2000, referring to the information received on alleged threats and attacks, in the months preceding the communication, against Bolivian labourers in the area near the town of Escobar. According to the information received, a large number of Bolivian immigrants living in Escobar, Exaltación de la Cruz, Campana and Zárate suffered various attacks on account,