A/HRC/RES/31/13 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 19 April 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 3 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 23 March 2016 31/13. Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities The Human Rights Council, Guided by the principles and purpose of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, adopted by consensus by the General Assembly by its resolution 47/135 of 18 December 1992, Taking into consideration article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other relevant existing international standards and national legislation, Recalling all previous 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, including Assembly resolution 70/166 of 17 December 2015, Commission resolution 2005/79 of 21 April 2005, and Council resolutions 7/6 of 27 March 2008, 16/6 of 24 March 2011, 22/4 of 21 March 2013 and 25/5 of 27 March 2014, on the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Recalling also the paragraphs in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action relating to the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, Welcoming the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 1 of which the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development is an integral part, recalling that the Goals and targets contained in the 2030 Agenda are aimed at realizing the human rights of all, and stressing the need for Member States to integrate the 2030 Agenda into their respective national policies and 1 General Assembly resolution 70/1. GE.16-06398(E) *1606398*

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