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... Desiring to promote the realization of the principles contained
in the Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,
the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, the Declaration on the Elimination
of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion
or Belief, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as
well as other relevant international instruments that have been
adopted at the universal or regional level and those concluded
between individual States Members of the United Nations, ...
... 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, ...
... 4. Nothing in the present Declaration may be construed as
permitting any activity contrary to the purposes and principles
of the United Nations, including sovereign equality, territorial
integrity and political independence of States. ...