Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities A/RES/80/199 and at the regional and national levels, and to continuously advance the implementation of voluntary pledges made by States in the thirtieth anniversary year of the Declaration, and to share best practices with a view to making progress in this regard; 7. Calls upon States to undertake effective efforts to prevent and combat acts of violence specifically targeting persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities; 8. Recommends that States continue to reflect on and seek solutions to current and emerging challenges that persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities may face, including the rise in persecution on religious and ethnic grounds, their particular vulnerability when exposed to diverse crises, including humanitarian emergencies, the prevalence of statelessness, human rights violations in law enforcement and the justice sector and increasing levels of hate crimes and hate speech targeting persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities; 9. Calls upon States to undertake, as applicable, initiatives to ensure that persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities are aware of and able to exercise their rights, including, inter alia, the right of everyone to a nationality, as set out in article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and complemented by the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities and in other international human rights law; 10. Recommends that States ensure that all measures taken with a view to implementing the Declaration are, to the fullest extent possible, developed, designed, implemented and reviewed with the full, equal, effective and meaningful participation of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities; 11. Calls upon States to take all appropriate measures to ensure the protection of children who belong to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, in accordance with the relevant obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child; 12. Also calls upon States to take all appropriate measures to ensure the protection and promote the empowerment of all women and girls who belong to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and are exposed to multiple forms of discrimination as well as sexual and gender-based violence; 13. Invites States to give special attention to the specific needs of youth, older persons and persons with disabilities who belong to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities; 14. 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; 15. Expresses its appreciation for the successful completion, in December 2024, of the seventeenth session of the Forum on Minority Issues, on the theme “Minority representation and self-representation in public spaces and discourses”, which, as part of its outcome, produced recommendations to guide policy and practice at the local, national and international levels, contributing to the integration of minority issues into broader frameworks and efforts towards cohesive and equitable societies, 16 and encourages States to recognize the importance of persons belonging _______________ 16 25-20951 See A/HRC/58/69. 5/9