A/RES/72/184
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
29 January 2018
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 72 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 19 December 2017
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/72/439/Add.2)]
72/184.
Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons
Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 47/135 of 18 December 1992, by which it adopted the
Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and
Linguistic Minorities annexed to that resolution, and bearing in mind article 27 of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1 as well as other relevant existing
international and regional standards and national legislation,
Recalling also its subsequent resolutions on the effective pro motion of the
Declaration and all relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council,
Affirming that the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging
to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and dialogue between these
minorities and the rest of society, as well as the constructive and inclusive
development of practices and institutional arrangements to accommodate diversity
within societies, contribute to political and social stability and the prevention and
peaceful resolution of conflicts involving the rights of persons belonging to national
or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities,
Welcoming the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 2 of
which the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on
Financing for Development 3 is an integral part, recalling that the Sustainable
Development Goals and targets seek to realize the human rights of all, and stressing
the need for Member States to integrate the 2030 Agenda into their respective national
policies and development frameworks, as appropriate, to promote the effective
implementation, follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda, in order to ensure that no
one is left behind,
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See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
Resolution 70/1.
Resolution 69/313, annex.
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