Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging
to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
A/RES/74/165
Affirming that the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging
to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and dialogue between these
minorities and the rest of society, as well as the constructive and inclusive
development of practices and institutional arrangements to accommodate diversity
within societies, contribute to political and social stability and the prevention and
peaceful resolution of conflicts involving the rights of persons belonging to nation al
or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities,
Welcoming the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 5 of
which the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on
Financing for Development 6 is an integral part, recalling that the Sustainable
Development Goals and targets seek to realize the human rights of all, and stressing
the need for Member States to integrate the 2030 Agenda into their respective national
policies and development frameworks, as appropriate, to promote the effective
implementation, follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda, in order to ensure that no
one is left behind,
Expressing concern at the frequency and severity of disputes and conflicts
involving persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities
in many countries and their often tragic consequences, and that such persons often
suffer disproportionately from the effects of conflicts resulting in the violation of their
human rights and are particularly vulnerable to forced displacement through,
inter alia, population transfers, revocation of previously held identity documents,
refugee flows and forced relocation,
Emphasizing the need for reinforced efforts to realize the rights of persons
belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, including by
addressing economic and social conditions and marginalization, as well as to end any
type of discrimination against them, including by addressing multiple, aggravated and
intersecting forms of discrimination,
Emphasizing also the fundamental importance of human rights education,
training and learning as well as of dialogue, including intercultural and interfaith
dialogue, and interaction among all relevant stakeholders and members of society on
the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic,
religious and linguistic minorities,
Recognizing the importance of realizing the right to education for all and,
wherever possible, providing persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and
linguistic minorities with adequate opportunities to learn their own language or to
have instruction in their own language,
Emphasizing the important role that national institutions can play in the
promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic,
religious and linguistic minorities, and acknowledging the role that the Uni ted
Nations, its specialized agencies and other relevant organizations, and the Special
Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on minority issues, play in this regard by,
inter alia, promoting the implementation of the Declaration,
Recognizing that a vast majority of stateless persons are persons belonging to
national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities,
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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
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