A/71/254
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
29 July 2016
Original: English
Seventy-first session
Item 69 (b) of the provisional agenda*
Promotion and protection of human rights: Human
rights questions, including alternative approaches
for improving the effective enjoyment of human
rights and fundamental freedoms
Effective promotion of the declaration on the rights of
persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and
linguistic minorities
Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit the report of the Special
Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsàk-Ndiaye in accordance with General
Assembly resolution 68/172.
* A/71/150.
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