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... Desiring to promote the realization of the principles contained
in the Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,
the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, the Declaration on the Elimination
of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion
or Belief, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as
well as other relevant international instruments that have been
adopted at the universal or regional level and those concluded
between individual States Members of the United Nations, ...
... Considering that the promotion and protection of the rights
of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic
minorities contribute to the political and social stability of
States in which they live, ...
... 2. Persons belonging to minorities have the right to participate
effectively in cultural, religious, social, economic and public
life. ...