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... Reaffirming that one of the basic aims of the United Nations,
as proclaimed in the Charter, is to promote and encourage respect
for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all, without
distinction as to race, sex, language or religion, ...
... 1. Persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and
linguistic minorities (hereinafter referred to as persons belonging
to minorities) have the right to enjoy their own culture, to
profess and practise their own religion, and to use their own
language, in private and in public, freely and without interference
or any form of discrimination. ...
... 2. States shall take measures to create favourable conditions
to enable persons belonging to minorities to express their characteristics
and to develop their culture, language, religion, traditions
and customs, except where specific practices are in violation
of national law and contrary to international standards. ...
... 4. States should, where appropriate, take measures in the
field of education, in order to encourage knowledge of the history,
traditions, language and culture of the minorities existing within
their territory. Persons belonging to minorities should have
adequate opportunities to gain knowledge of the society as a
whole. ...