A/70/212
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
30 July 2015
Original: English
Seventieth session
Item 73 (b) of the provisional agenda*
Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights
questions, including alternative approaches for improving
the effective enjoyment of human rights and
fundamental freedoms
Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of
Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and
Linguistic Minorities
Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the
report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák, in accordance with
Assembly resolution 68/172.
* A/70/150.
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