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... Inspired by the provisions of article 27 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights concerning the rights
of persons belonging to ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities, ...
... Considering that the promotion and protection of the rights
of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic
minorities contribute to the political and social stability of
States in which they live, ...
... Emphasizing that the constant promotion and realization of
the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious
and linguistic minorities, as an integral part of the development
of society as a whole and within a democratic framework based
on the rule of law, would contribute to the strengthening of
friendship and cooperation among peoples and States, ...
... Bearing in mind the work done so far within the United Nations
system, in particular by the Commission on Human Rights, the
Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection
of Minorities and the bodies established pursuant to the International
Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant international human
rights instruments in promoting and protecting the rights of
persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic
minorities, ...
... Taking into account the important work which is done by intergovernmental
and non-governmental organizations in protecting minorities and
in promoting and protecting the rights of persons belonging to
national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, ...
... Recognizing the need to ensure even more effective implementation
of international human rights instruments with regard to the
rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious
and linguistic minorities, ...
... Proclaims this Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging
to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities: ...
... 1. States shall protect the existence and the national or
ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic identity of minorities
within their respective territories and shall encourage conditions
for the promotion of that identity. ...
... 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. ...
... 5. Persons belonging to minorities have the right to establish
and maintain, without any discrimination, free and peaceful contacts
with other members of their group and with persons belonging
to other minorities, as well as contacts across frontiers with
citizens of other States to whom they are related by national
or ethnic, religious or linguistic ties. ...