Rights of persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities.

1985/53. Rights of Persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities[1]150

The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling its resolutions 14 (XXXIV) of 6 March 1978, 21 (XXXV) of 14 March 1979, 37 (XXXVI) of 12 March 1980, 21 (XXXVII) of 10 March 1981, 1982/38 of 11 March 1982, 1983/53 of 10 March 1983, and 1984/62 of 15 March 1984, Having taken note with appreciation of the report[2]151 of the open-ended working group set up by the Commission to consider the drafting of a declaration on the rights of persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities,

1. Decides to consider at its forty-second session the agenda item "Rights of persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities";

2. Urges the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities to give highest priority, at its thirty-eighth session, to consideration of the proposals for the definition of the term "minority", as it relates to the draft declaration under consideration, and to submit them to the Commission at its forty-second session;

3. Decides to establish at its forty-second session an open-ended working group to continue consideration of the revised draft declaration proposed by Yugoslavia, taking into account all relevant documents.



[1]150 Adopted at the 57th meeting, on 14 March 1985, without a vote. See chap. XX. [2]151 E/CN.4/1985/65.
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