Примеры использования Question of minorities на Английском языке и их переводы на Русский язык
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The question of minorities.
Mr. Abuseif was surprised that the Committee's experts should place such emphasis on the question of minorities in general and Berbers in particular.
The question of minorities, ethnic groups and indigenous peoples was delicate.
Areas of common interest andjoint action have included the question of minorities, fact-finding missions and preventive diplomacy in the area of human rights.
On the question of minorities, paragraph 50 of the report was very laconic and completely failed to address the real issues.
It will require the gradual resolution of such sensitive issues as the right to life, the question of minorities, education, justice, the defence and security forces, the economy, employment and the land question. .
On the question of minorities, the report simply stated that the population was fully integrated and that there was no problem in that regard.
While he was well aware of existing regional sensitivities regarding the question of minorities, he pointed out that all the countries to the north of Greece recognized a large number of different minorities. .
Within the framework of their priorities, the political leaders had to deal with an extremely important problem for which inadequate concern hadbeen shown during the pre-revolutionary era, namely the question of minorities who form part of the Iraqi people.
He admitted that the question of minorities was difficult and sensitive in his region.
The foreword to the report said that the question of democracy andhuman rights had played an important role in the thinking of Iraq's leaders since the 1968 revolution, and that the question of minorities, which had been neglected prior to the revolution, was treated as a priority.
With regard to the question of minorities, did Denmark have any minorities other than the German one?
The report contained ample information andreferences to case law and in general there was a more positive approach to the question of minorities and awareness of the dangers of discrimination, as borne out by the number of new laws passed.
In her special report on the question of minorities(E/CN.4/1997/8), she highlighted the importance of progress made by countries in the region on minority questions as essential for the maintenance of peace.
For example, the Association of South-East Asian Nations focuses on economic integration and"quiet dialogue", whereas the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has been successful with confidence-building measures which focus on the question of minorities.
During the consideration of the initial report, the question of minorities had already aroused the concern of the Committee, which had pointed out that the existence of minorities was not recognized.
Interventions on the question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms(item 9), on the question of religious intolerance as relates to civil and political rights(item 1le),on the integration of the human rights of women(item 12), and on the question of minorities with reference to groups and particular individuals item 14b.
Referring to the question of minorities, he said that, in 1992, the General Assembly had adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. .
The large andconscientiously prepared consultation to reach a political consensus on the question of minorities, which led to the adoption on 7 July 1993 of the Act on the Rights of National and Ethnic Minorities, is welcomed.
With respect to the question of minorities, the Committee notes with interest the treaty concluded with Germany on the subject of the German ethnic minority in Poland by which various rights of this group were given effect, including a fixed number of seats in Parliament and the right to operate a large number of schools.
Mr. Rajsoomer Lallah, member of the Human Rights Committee,said that he shared many of the points raised by Mr. Kartashkin with respect to the way in which the question of minorities was addressed in some of the treaties, as well as the latter's suggestions regarding the role of national institutions and his recommendations with respect to problems relating to followup procedures.
In the preparations for the Conference, the question of minorities should be adequately reflected in the reports being prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the studies conducted by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and materials provided by the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. .
Some Western andother States that are hostile to Iraq are still using the question of minorities and human rights as a means to achieve political aims by engaging in unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of Iraq.
On the question of minorities, Denmark had stated in the reservation which it had entered to the Council of Europe's Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities that Germans living in the north of the country were the only minority recognized: that suggested that further information on the situation of other minority groups, such as Germans living in other parts of the country or indigenous populations, was needed, in particular in order to know what their rights were.
The Human Rights Council was currently considering the question of minorities and, in particular, had adopted a resolution creating a Forum on Minority Issues, which would replace the Working Group on Minorities. .
Referring to the question of minorities, hill-tribes and ethnic groups, and specifically to hill-tribe women, he described the services which ensured security for all groups of women, including health care and basic education, and the bias-free measures to identify appropriate legal status for people with status problems and to promote awareness of fundamental rights.
Consequently, this leads to the inescapable conclusion that some Western regimes are using the question of minorities solely as a subterfuge to further their quest for formal measures that are far removed from the substance of the basic issue and merely constitute attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of States in furtherance of specific political interests.
He referred to the issue raised by previous speakers that the question of minorities had perhaps been marginalized due to the pre-eminence of a Eurocentric perspective, and stated that it might be useful to have some kind of universal convention, or at least some common understanding of the concept of minorities. .
It can therefore be concluded that some Western regimes view the question of minorities as a purely formal, tactical procedure that is far removed from the fundamental essence of the question since it is being exploited solely in an attempt to interfere in Iraq's internal affairs in order to further certain political interests.
A number of areas of common interest andjoint action in human rights were identified, including the question of minorities, preventive action, fact-finding missions, seminars and training, advisory services and technical assistance, particularly with respect to constitutional and legal reform, democratic elections, the administration of justice and the strengthening of infrastructures for the promotion and protection of human rights.