(c) Activities Related to the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: The Commission had submitted a concept paper to the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) for carrying out awareness raising activities related to the Dalit (depresses classes) prior to the World Conference Against Racism to be held in Durban, South Africa on 29 August-7 September 2001. The concept-paper was accepted and the Commission received an amount of Rs. 1,800,000. The Commission under its Promotion Division is to carry out the related activities in the immediate future. For this purpose, an interaction program was held at the Commission, in which organizations related to the dalit, journalists, playwrights and others participated. According to the suggestions of the participants in the program, future programs have been decided upon. 3.4. (d) Apart from the above mentioned activities, the Protection Division is studying the situation of legal remedies against caste based discriminations in various districts of the country. (e) The Protection Division is also studying the way the money allocated by the government for Janajati and dalit students have been utilized. Promotional Activities The following activities were undertaken during the period of this report for the promotion of human rights. 3.4.1 Interaction Program (a) Interaction between Human Rights Commission and the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs and Human Rights Committee : A discussion was held on Bhadra 19, 2057 BS between the Chairperson and Members of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs and Human Rights Committee with a view to undertaking coordination for the protection and promotion of human rights. On the occasion discussions were held about the areas of cooperation between the Commission and the Committee, ways to make the parliament and the government accountable for human rights violations, empowering of the people, about the way laws had been implemented following their enactment and various other issues. On these and other issues, emphasis was put on the necessity of a joint action by the Commission, the committee and human rights organizations, regular sharing of information between the Commission and the committee, joint observation of incidences of human rights violations and on making concerned bodies timely aware about framing laws protective of human rights. (b) Interaction between National Human Rights Commission and Media Persons: A discussion was held on Ashoj 4, 2057 BS on the role of the government media in the protection and promotion of human rights. The meeting stressed the necessity of making short term and long term programs at the policy level. The participants in the discussion program emphasized the necessity of human rights education and awareness raising