A/RES/48/128 Page 4 11. Encourages Governments to give serious consideration to inviting the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries so as to enable him to fulfil his mandate even more effectively; 12. Recommends that the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion be given appropriate priority in the work of the United Nations programme of advisory services in the field of human rights, including work on the drafting of basic legal texts in conformity with international instruments on human rights and taking into account the provisions of the Declaration; 13. Notes with interest the adoption by the Human Rights Committee of a general comment 4/ on article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, dealing with freedom of thought, conscience and religion; 14. Welcomes the efforts of non-governmental organizations to promote the implementation of the Declaration; 15. Requests the Secretary-General to invite interested nongovernmental organizations to consider what further role they could envisage playing in the implementation of the Declaration and in its dissemination in national and local languages; 16. Urges all States to consider disseminating the text of the Declaration in their respective national languages and to facilitate its dissemination in national and local languages; 17. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to continue its consideration of measures to implement the Declaration; 18. Decides to consider the question of the elimination of all forms of religious intolerance at its forty-ninth session under the item entitled "Human rights questions". 85th plenary meeting 20 December 1993 __________ 4/ See A/48/40 (Part I), annex VI.