E/CN.4/1995/34 page 6 (k) Resolution 1994/70, entitled "Cooperation with representatives of United Nations human rights bodies", in which the Commission requested the Special Rapporteur to continue to take urgent steps to help prevent the occurrence of intimidation and reprisals against persons who seek to cooperate, or have cooperated with United Nations human rights procedures, as well as relatives of victims of human rights violations, and to continue to include in his report to the Commission on Human Rights a reference to allegations of intimidation or reprisal, or of hampering access to United Nations human rights procedures, as well as an account of action he has taken in this regard; (l) Resolution 1994/93, entitled "The plight of street children", in which the Commission called upon the Special Rapporteur to pay particular attention to the plight of street children; (m) Resolution 1994/95, entitled "World Conference on Human Rights", in which the Commission requested the Special Rapporteur to include in his report, where appropriate, a section on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. I. MANDATE AND METHODS OF WORK 5. The Special Rapporteur described his mandate and methods of work extensively in his last report (E/CN.4/1994/31, chap. I). The Commission expressed its approval of the methods of work in its resolution 1994/37 (para. 13). The Special Rapporteur has sought to act consistently with these methods in the year covered by the present report. 6. In accordance with paragraph 9 of Commission resolution 1993/47 (see E/CN.4/1995/31, para. 18) and paragraph 10 of resolution 1994/53, in which it encouraged thematic special rapporteurs and working groups to continue close cooperation with relevant treaty monitoring bodies, the Special Rapporteur held a valuable meeting with the Committee against Torture on 27 April 1994. The Special Rapporteur draws the Commission’s attention to paragraph 16 of the Committee’s most recent report (A/49/44) which, in his view, accurately summarizes their meeting as follows: "Both the Committee and the Special Rapporteur stressed that their mandates were different, but complementary to achieve the common goal of reducing and eventually eradicating the plague of torture in the world. They were of the view that the existing coordination of their respective areas of work made it possible to avoid any overlap in their activities and that exchanges of views and information should continue on a regular basis." 7. Pursuant to the same paragraphs calling for cooperation between thematic mechanisms and country rapporteurs, the Special Rapporteur, in response to a request by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Rwanda, accompanied the latter on his first visit to Rwanda from 10 to 20 June 1994. 8. With reference to the need to avoid unnecessary duplication and the contribution that joint visits by thematic mechanisms make to this end (see

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