Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities A/RES/80/199 Expressing concern about the increase of disinformation and misinformation, which may lead to the spread of hate speech, particularly on social media platforms, and, inter alia, through the use of artificial intelligence (AI), which can be designed, implemented and used in ways that spread discrimination, including racism, misogyny, xenophobia, negative stereotyping and stigmatization, particularly affecting persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, Expressing concern also that these developments can lead to or exacerbate human rights violations and abuses, including of the right to privacy, the right to freedom of assembly and the right to freedom of expression and opinion, including the freedom to seek, receive and impart information, and can be used to incite violence, hatred, intolerance, discrimination and hostility against persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, and emphasizing the important contributions of journalists, civil society and academia in countering these trends, 1. Reaffirms the obligation of States to ensure that persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities may exercise fully and effectively all human rights and fundamental freedoms without any discrimination and in full equality before the law, as proclaimed in the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, 14 and draws attention to the relevant provisions of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, 15 including the provisions on multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination; 2. Encourages States to adopt appropriate measures to attenuate or prevent conditions that cause or perpetuate discrimination against individuals belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities who suffer historical or persistent prejudice; 3. Urges States and the international community to promote and protect the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, as set out in the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, including through the encouragement of conditions for the promotion of their identity, the provision of quality education and the facilitation of their participation in all aspects of the political, economic, social, religious and cultural life of society and in the economic progress and development of their country, without discrimination, and to apply a gender perspective while doing so; 4. Encourages States to take appropriate measures so that, wherever possible, persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities may have adequate opportunities to learn their own language or to have instruction in their own language; 5. Urges States to take all appropriate measures, inter alia, constitutional, legislative, administrative and other measures, for the promotion and implementation of the Declaration, and appeals to States to cooperate bilaterally and multilaterally, in particular on the exchange of best practices and lessons learned, consistent with the Declaration, in order to promote and protect the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities; 6. Encourages States to reinvigorate the protection of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and their inclusion on the basis of the Declaration, including in the work of the international community _______________ 14 15 4/9 Resolution 47/135, annex. See A/CONF.189/12 and A/CONF.189/12/Corr.1, chap. I. 25-20951