A/HRC/RES/31/26 (b) Creating an appropriate mechanism within Governments to, inter alia, identify and address potential areas of tension between members of different religious communities, and assisting with conflict prevention and mediation; (c) strategies; Encouraging the training of government officials in effective outreach (d) Encouraging the efforts of leaders to discuss within their communities the causes of discrimination, and evolving strategies to counter these causes; (e) Speaking out against intolerance, including advocacy of religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence; (f) Adopting measures to criminalize incitement to imminent violence based on religion or belief; (g) Understanding the need to combat denigration and negative religious stereotyping of persons, and incitement to religious hatred, by strategizing and harmonizing actions at the local, national, region and international levels through, inter alia, education and awareness-building; (h) Recognizing that the open, constructive and respectful debate of ideas, and interfaith and intercultural dialogue at the local, national and international levels, can play a positive role in combating religious hatred, incitement and violence; 8. Calls upon all States: (a) To take effective measures to ensure that public functionaries, in the conduct of their public duties, do not discriminate against an individual on the basis of religion or belief; (b) To foster religious freedom and pluralism by promoting the ability of members of all religious communities to manifest their religion, and to contribute openly and on an equal footing to society; (c) To encourage the representation and meaningful participation of individuals, irrespective of their religion, in all sectors of society; (d) To make a strong effort to counter religious profiling, which is understood to be the invidious use of religion as a criterion in conducting questionings, searches and other law enforcement investigative procedures; 9. Encourages States to consider providing updates on efforts made in this regard as part of ongoing reporting to the Office of the High Commissioner; 10. Calls upon States to adopt measures and policies to promote full respect for and protection of places of worship and religious sites, cemeteries and shrines, and to take measures in cases where they are vulnerable to vandalism or destruction; 11. Takes note of the report submitted by the High Commissioner pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 25/34 summarizing the contributions received from States,1 and also takes note of the conclusions of the report based on those contributions; 12. Stresses the urgent need to implement all parts of the action plan outlined in paragraphs 7 and 8 above with equal focus and attention in order to address religious intolerance; 1 4 A/HRC/28/47.