A/72/165
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
24 July 2017
Original: English
Seventy-second session
Item 73 (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 to the General Assembly the
report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák -Ndiaye, in
accordance with Assembly resolution 70/166 and Human Rights Council resolution
34/6.
* A/72/150.
17-12138 (E)
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*1712138*