A/RES/80/199 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 22 December 2025 Eightieth session Agenda item 71 (b) Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2025 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/80/545, para. 5)] 80/199. Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities The General Assembly, Reaffirming the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1 and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action 2 for the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, 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, reaffirming the principles and commitments therein, and bearing in mind article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 3 and article 30 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4 as well as other relevant existing international and regional standards and national legislation, Recognizing that, while progress has been made, the situation of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities is critical in many parts of the world and many challenges remain to ensure the full enjoyment of their rights, _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. 3 See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 4 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531. 2 25-20951 (E) *2520951*