engaged in teaching, as well as social workers, to promote mutual understanding, tolerance and respect; 6. Welcomes and encourages the continuing efforts of all actors in society, including non-governmental organizations and bodies and groups based on religion or belief, to promote the implementation of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, and further encourages their work in promoting freedom of religion or belief and in highlighting cases of religious intolerance, discrimination and persecution; 7. Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit her next annual report to the Council at its thirteenth session; 8. Decides to remain seized of the question of the elimination of all forms of intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief under the same agenda item. 44th meeting 27 March 2009 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 22 to 1, with 24 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay; Against: South Africa; Abstaining: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Indonesia, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Zambia.] ----- 3

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