The Latvian National Opera offers, as far as it is possible, tickets at reduced prices.

But protection of their existence goes beyond the duty not to destroy or deliberately weaken minority groups.

The authorities in BiH have taken first steps in protecting the minorities.

Much remains to be done, especially with regard to the protection of minorities.

By protecting minorities, Morsi could demonstrate to other governments and political movements the importance of minority rights and encourage them to behave likewise.

Minority protection is based on four requirements protection of the existence, non exclusion, non discrimination and non assimilation of the groups concerned.

An enlightened autocrat can be just as protective of minority rights as a solidly democratic government.

Supervision of implementation and interpretation of the law on the protection of national minorities is the competence of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which also formed the National Minorities Council.

In some cases, positive measures of integration (but not assimilation) can best serve the protection of minorities.

Protection of the culture of ethnic minorities In order to ensure the protection of the culture of ethnic minorities, already in 19 March 1991 the Law On Free Development of National and Ethnic Minorities in Latvia and their Right to Cultural Autonomy was enacted with the aim of guaranteeing all national and ethnic groups of Latvia the right to cultural autonomy and cultural self management.

The Center for Interethnic Cooperation, based in Moscow, is active in the field of protection of national minorities and interaction between ethnic associations, law enforcement bodies involved in minority issues and the mass media.

Minorities

The duty of the State to protect the minorities is absolute and in cases of infringements, the burden is on the State to explain its failure to fulfil its obligations.

A joint KPC KFOR team conducted a survey of how best to recruit and retain minority community members.

The current membership of the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) is 3,008 active members, including 157 from the ethnic minorities.

(f) Displaced minorities and other situations affecting minorities

Visible minorities

(b) Minorities

Minorities

H. Minorities

The Law on the protection of national minorities is adopted, creating the necessary legal framework for the more effective accomplishment of their rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Where there is a breakdown in measures to protect minority rights, the State should take speedy and expedient measures to prosecute and bring offenders to book.

(e) Wider recognition of the rights of women, children and persons belonging to minorities, migrant workers, indigenous people and persons with disabilities, and strengthening the protection of vulnerable groups.

Regional European instruments on minority rights use only the concept national minorities and do not refer to ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities .

Minority situations addressed and measures requested by minorities

Women and minority members

(d) Religious minorities

(e) Linguistic minorities

Religious minorities

At the meeting minority representatives had presented their views on the root causes of conflicts affecting or involving minorities.

The Committee recommends that the State party include detailed information in its next periodic report on the situation of ethno religious minorities, and that it adopt the bill on freedom of conscience and religion designed to protect those minorities against discrimination and, in particular, against acts of violence.

Effective participation provides channels for consultation between and among minorities and Governments.

It will establish a dedicated unit to deal with women's human rights and strengthen its capacity to work on the protection and empowerment of groups such as minorities, indigenous people, migrants and trafficking victims.

Minorities and the Millennium Development Goals

Minorities in Higher Education

Employment of Minorities (Promotion) Act

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Serbia and Montenegro signed that Convention even before the country's admission to the Council of Europe, thus expressing its commitment to improve the standards for national minority protection.

Mr. Wieruszewski said that the protection of minorities was clearly a problem in the State party, even if the latter seemed to be trying to present its own interpretation of the situation.

The current membership of KPC is 3,020 active members, including 130 members of ethnic minorities, of whom 20 are Serbs.

(b) In operative paragraph 16, the words minority representatives and experts on minority issues, particularly from developing countries were replaced by the words representatives of non governmental organizations and persons belonging to minorities, in particular those from developing countries .

Recommends the continued operation of the Minority Fellowship Programme and the further preparation of a minority profile and matrix

The Provisional Institutions have made good progress over the reporting period in both substantive delivery by central institutions and in structural changes that, if political will is maintained, should deliver further progress in upcoming reporting periods.

The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities is the only international legally binding instrument for the protection of national minorities.

Efforts have been made to increase minority employment in the revenue raising institutions and make them more accessible to minority communities.