RES/34/6 Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues

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Human Rights Council Thirty-fourth session

27 February–24 March 2017

Agenda item 3

Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 23 March 2017

34/6. Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues

The Human Rights Council,

Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on

Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural

Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Convention on the

Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Declaration on the Rights of

Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, adopted by

consensus by the General Assembly by its resolution 47/135 of 18 December 1992,

Recalling also all previous 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,

Recalling further its resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the Human Rights

Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate Holders of the

Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that all mandate holders shall discharge their duties

in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,

1. Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues

for a period of three years under the same terms as provided for by the Human Rights

Council in its resolution 25/5;

2. Calls upon all States to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in

the performance of the tasks and duties mandated to him or her, to provide him or her with

all the necessary information requested and to seriously consider responding promptly and

favourably to the request of the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries in order to enable

him or her to fulfil his or her duties effectively;

3. Encourages specialized agencies, regional organizations, national human

rights institutions and non-governmental organizations to develop and maintain regular

dialogue and cooperation with the mandate holder, and to continue to contribute to the

promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious

and linguistic minorities;

4. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner

for Human Rights to provide all the human, technical and financial assistance necessary for

the effective fulfilment of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur;

5. Decides to continue its consideration of this issue in accordance with its

annual programme of work.

56th meeting

23 March 2017

[Adopted without a vote.]