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

1989/61. Rights of persons belonging to national. ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities

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, 1984/62 of 15 March 1984, 1985/53 of 14 March 1985, 1986/60 of 13 March 1986, 1987/47 of 10 March 1987 and 1988/64 of 10 March 1988, Noting the report 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 (E/CN.4/1989/38),

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

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

3. Decides further that the working group shall have no fewer than four full meetings, preferably during the first two weeks of the forty-sixth session of the Commission;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the working group with all the assistance it may require in the continuation of its drafting work.

55th meeting
8 March 1989
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. XX.]