Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities A/RES/74/165 10. Recommends that States and other relevant actors ensure to the fullest extent possible that the Declaration is translated into all minority languages and disseminated widely; 11. Expresses its appreciation for the successful completion, in November 2018, of the eleventh session of the Forum on Minority Issues, on the theme “Statelessness: a minority issue”, which, through the widespread participation of stakeholders, provided an important platform for the promotion of dialogue on this topic and, as part of its outcome, produced recommendations to highlight the need for States to prevent and reduce statelessness by promoting the human rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and to stress the importance of inclusion of stateless persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and their representatives in policy and decision -making processes affecting them, 10 and encourages States to take into consideration the relevant recommendations of the Forum; 12. Calls upon States, while bearing in mind the theme of the eleventh session of the Forum on Minority Issues and with a view to enhancing the implementation of the Declaration and ensuring the realization of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, to take appropriate measures by, inter alia: (a) Reviewing any legislation, policy or practice that has a discriminatory or disproportionately negative effect on persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and that may render them vulnerable, with a view to considering its amendment; (b) Considering ratifying, acceding to and adhering to all relevant international instruments that protect and promote the rights of persons belonging t o national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and those aiming to eliminate statelessness; (c) Refraining from arbitrary and discriminatory denial or deprivation of nationality of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguist ic minorities; (d) Ensuring that human rights protection is provided to stateless persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, as human rights are universal and apply to everyone; (e) Ensuring that birth registration, civil registration and national identification documents are provided without discrimination on any ground, in particular race, ethnicity, religion and language, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 5 especially the target aimed at providing a legal identity for all; (f) Ensuring that stateless persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities have access to justice and remedy for human rights violations and that these persons can appeal to relevant judicial and administrative bodies in case of denial or deprivation of nationality; (g) Ensuring full compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in particular articles 7 and 8 thereof, and considering removing all their reservations to them; __________________ 10 4/6 A/HRC/40/71. 19-22293

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