RES/18/3 Panel to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

GE.11-16605

Human Rights Council Eighteenth session

Agenda item 3

Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,

political, economic, social and cultural rights,

including the right to development

Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*

18/3 Panel to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

The Human Rights Council,

Recalling all resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the Commission on

Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the rights of persons belonging to national

or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities,

Noting that 2012 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the

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

Linguistic Minorities,

Affirming that the above-mentioned anniversary offers an important opportunity to

reflect on the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to national or

ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, as well as on achievements, best practices and

challenges with regard to the implementation of the Declaration,

Emphasizing the need for reinforced efforts to meet the goal of the full realization of

the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities,

1. Decides to convene, at its nineteenth session, a panel discussion to

commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons

Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, with a particular

focus on its implementation as well as on achievements, best practices and challenges in

this regard;

* The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of

the Council on its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. I.

2. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human

Rights to organize the panel discussion within existing resources, and to liaise with the

independent expert on minority issues, States, relevant United Nations bodies and agencies,

as well as with civil society, non-governmental organizations and national human rights

institutions with a view to ensuring their participation in the panel discussion;

3. Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the

outcome of the panel discussion in the form of a summary.

35th meeting

29 September 2011

[Adopted without a vote.]