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25. The World Conference on Human Rights calls on the Commission on Human Rights to examine
ways and means to promote and protect effectively the rights of persons belonging to minorities as set
out in the Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic
Minorities. In this context, the World Conference on Human Rights calls upon the Centre for Human
Rights to provide, at the request of Governments concerned and as part of its programme of advisory
services and technical assistance, qualified expertise on minority issues and human rights, as well as
on the prevention and resolution of disputes, to assist in existing or potential situations involving
minorities.
26. The World Conference on Human Rights urges States and the international community to promote
and protect the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities in
accordance with the Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and
Linguistic Minorities.
27. Measures to be taken, where appropriate, should include facilitation of their full participation in all
aspects of the political, economic, social, religious and cultural life of society and in the economic
progress and development in their country.
Indigenous people
28. The World Conference on Human Rights calls on the Working Group on Indigenous Populations of
the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities to complete the
drafting of a declaration on the rights of indigenous people at its eleventh session.
29. The World Conference on Human Rights recommends that the Commission on Human Rights
consider the renewal and updating of the mandate of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations
upon completion of the drafting of a declaration on the rights of indigenous people.
30. The World Conference on Human Rights also recommends that advisory services and technical
assistance programmes within the United Nations system respond positively to requests by States for
assistance which would be of direct benefit to indigenous people. The World Conference on Human
Rights further recommends that adequate human and financial resources be made available to the
Centre for Human Rights within the overall framework of strengthening the Centre's activities as
envisaged by this document.
31. The World Conference on Human Rights urges States to ensure the full and free participation of
indigenous people in all aspects of society, in particular in matters of concern to them.
32. The World Conference on Human Rights recommends that the General Assembly proclaim an
international decade of the world's indigenous people, to begin from January 1994, including actionorientated programmes, to be decided upon in partnership with indigenous people. An appropriate
voluntary trust fund should be set up for this purpose. In the framework of such a decade, the
establishment of a permanent forum for indigenous people in the United Nations system should be
considered.
Migrant workers
33. The World Conference on Human Rights urges all States to guarantee the protection of the human
rights of all migrant workers and their families.
34. The World Conference on Human Rights considers that the creation of conditions to foster greater
harmony and tolerance between migrant workers and the rest of the society of the State in which they
reside is of particular importance.
35. The World Conference on Human Rights invites States to consider the possibility of signing and
ratifying, at the earliest possible time, the International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families.
3. The equal status and human rights of women