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Sub-Commmission on Prevention of Discrimination and
Protection of Minorities, 43th Session, Agenda Item 18,
15 August 1991
Mr. Chairman.
The question of minorities has gained prominence within the
framework of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Most of the
alleged violations are related in one way or another to national.
ethnic, religious or linguistic groups which Mr. Eide gathered
under the broad umbrella of minorities. While consciously avoiding
a strict definition.
In our practice, minority as concept should be defined as such
by specific instruments of international law. For instance the treaty
of Lausanne in 1923.
Within this understanding. I shall make some general
comments on the subject.
It is true, problems stemming from rapidly growing expectations
of minorities destabilize many countries, constitute a threat to
interstate relations and regional stability in various parts of the
world.
In order to understand the question that we are facing and will
surely face some time to come, we should look into the causes and
the evolution this question has undergone.
Throughout history, minorities have always had problems
almost in every country. So the sudden drive towards improving
their sort might seem to be the natural consequence of the
sensitivity created by the overwhelming importance that the
human rights and freedoms have acquired in the contemporary
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