The role of minority rights protection in promoting stability and conflict prevention 2011, para. 32
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Since the adoption of the 1992 Declaration on Minorities, the basic assumption contained in its preamble - that the implementation of minority rights contributes to the stability of States - has been taken up and developed further in successive resolutions of the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights, its successor the Human Rights Council, reports of the Secretary-General and outcome documents of a number of conferences and policy processes.