Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging
to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
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strengthening cooperation in respect of information-gathering and improving the
information flow between themselves and with States;
22. Encourages regional intergovernmental bodies, within their respective
regions, to promote greater attention to the rights of persons belonging to national or
ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities by, inter alia, actively raising awareness of
and promoting the Declaration in their work, encouraging its implementation at the
national level and considering the creation of thematic and/or special mechanisms on
this issue;
23. Encourages national human rights institutions to pay due attention to the
rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities,
including by monitoring situations of potential threats for persons belonging to
national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, and by investigating and
reporting, in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national
institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles) 13
and their respective mandates, episodes of targeted violence against persons
belonging to minorities, including, when necessary, to regional and international
bodies;
24. Encourages civil society, including non-governmental organizations, to
promote awareness of the Declaration and to review the extent to which it integrates
the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic
minorities and the Declaration into its work, as well as to inform persons belonging
to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities about their rights;
25. Requests the Special Rapporteur to report annually to the General
Assembly and include recommendations for effective strategies for the better
implementation of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and
linguistic minorities;
26. Invites the Office of the High Commissioner, United Nations entities and
Member States to support and collaborate in the organization of regional forums on
minority issues initiated by the Special Rapporteur in accordance with his mandate,
in order to complement and enrich the work and recommendations of the Forum on
Minority Issues;
27. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution,
including information on activities undertaken by Member States, the Office of the
High Commissioner, the Special Rapporteur, relevant United Nations entities and
other relevant stakeholders to enhance the implementation of the Declaration and to
ensure the realization of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious
and linguistic minorities;
28. Decides to continue consideration of the question at its seventy-sixth
session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”.
50th plenary meeting
18 December 2019
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