A/HRC/21/59 16/18. The delegate noted bipartisan support in the United States for freedom of expression and opinion, and that the United States reservation to article 4 of the Convention was based on principle, not politics. 85. Switzerland (on behalf of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea and Uruguay) also stated that it understood the document represented the personal views of the Chairperson-Rapporteur. It underscored the importance of inter-sessional preparations in order to properly prepare the fifth session. 86. Cuba expressed support for the Chairperson-Rapporteur‘s summary, particularly since it noted that developing norms and standards to address xenophobia was both a need and a priority. 87. China thanked the Chairperson-Rapporteur for his summary and expressed its full support, stating that he had mapped out the right direction in which to build further momentum. 88. The Chairperson-Rapporteur replied that his summary was solely a Chair‘s conclusions and recommendations and its contents would be reflected in the annex of the final report of the fourth session. It was not a negotiated text, therefore no suggestions or amendments to it would be considered. It was drawn up in a very general manner. Nevertheless, it was now the property of the Ad Hoc Committee to utilize or not, as it saw fit. He looked forward to the session‘s conclusions on the way forward. 89. At the 16th meeting, the report of the fourth session was adopted ad referendum, with the understanding that delegations would receive a revised version of the draft report by 4 May 2012, with regard to which they would forward technical corrections to their interventions, in writing, to the Secretariat by 18 May 2012. 90. At this meeting, the delegation of Senegal, on behalf of the African Group, also presented an agreed text entitled ―Draft Conclusions of the Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards on its fourth session‖. Following oral technical corrections by the European Union and Egypt, the text was adopted by consensus, as follows: ―The Ad Hoc Committee with the objective to fulfill its mandate, decided to invite the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee to hold informal consultations, within existing resources, with regional and political coordinators during the inter-sessional period between the fourth and fifth sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee, with the aim to prepare the fifth session and collect concrete proposals for discussion on the topics of xenophobia; establishment, designation or maintaining of national mechanisms with competences to protect against and prevent all forms and manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; and procedural gaps with regard to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, in accordance with its mandate. Request OHCHR to send out a questionnaire, within existing resources, to gather information regarding the three topics discussed during the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Committee and in its report (xenophobia, national mechanisms and procedural gaps), including legal and judicial frameworks and practices, substantive and procedural measures in line with the mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee, and possible recommendations. Invite OHCHR to post the responses to the questionnaire on its website and, in consultation with the Chair, prepare a summary of responses to the questionnaire received during the inter-sessional period for discussion during the fifth session. 15