Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

A/RES/47/135View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1992.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1993–1994

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/48/138

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1994	A/RES/48/138	Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities	842	31%Compare
1993	A/RES/47/135	Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities	595	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 1994

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
1994	A/49/415/Add.1	Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities report of the Secretary-General.		A/RES/48/138

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Declarations (Text)Information Dissemination Minorities

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, the text of which is annexed to the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the distribution of the Declaration as widely as possible and to include the text of the Declaration in the next edition of Human Rights:

A Compilation of International Instruments;

Invites United Nations agencies and organizations and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to intensify their efforts with a view to disseminating information on the Declaration and to promoting understanding thereof;

Invites the relevant organs and bodies of the United Nations, including treaty bodies, as well as representatives of the Commission on Human Rights and the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, to give due regard ~o the Declaration within their mandates;

Requests the Secretary-General to consider appropriate ways for the effective promotion of the Declaration and to make proposals thereon;

l/ See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1992, Supplement No. 2 (E/1992/22), chap. II, sect. A.

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Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution under the item entitled "Human rights questions".

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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