7/48 Report of the Secretary-General on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities - Note by the Secretariat
Document Type: Final Report
Date: 2008 Feb
Session: 7th Regular Session (2008 Mar)
Agenda Item: Item2: Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
GE.08-11274
UNITED NATIONS
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General Assembly Distr. GENERAL
A/HRC/7/48 28 February 2008
Original: ENGLISH
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventh session Agenda item 2
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND REPORTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE
HIGH COMMISSIONER AND THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
Report of the Secretary-General on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities
Note by the Secretariat
The Human Rights Council, in its decision 2/102, requested the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to “continue with the fulfilment of their activities, in accordance with all previous decisions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and to update the relevant reports and studies”. Accordingly, the report of the Secretary- General on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities (A/HRC/4/109) was submitted to the fourth session of the Human Rights Council. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights will submit an updated report on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities to the ninth session of the Human Rights Council in September 2008.
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