A/HRC/RES/18/3
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 October 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Eighteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*
18/3
Panel to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the
adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons
Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic
Minorities
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling all resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the Commission on
Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the rights of persons belonging to national
or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities,
Noting that 2012 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the
Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and
Linguistic Minorities,
Affirming that the above-mentioned anniversary offers an important opportunity to
reflect on the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to national or
ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, as well as on achievements, best practices and
challenges with regard to the implementation of the Declaration,
Emphasizing the need for reinforced efforts to meet the goal of the full realization of
the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities,
1.
Decides to convene, at its nineteenth session, a panel discussion to
commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons
Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, with a particular
focus on its implementation as well as on achievements, best practices and challenges in
this regard;
*
GE.11-16605
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. I.