The convention on providing the rights of persons belonging to ethnic minorities

of October 21, 1994

The State Parties of this Convention which are referred to as далееДоговаривающиеся the Party

considering that development and strengthening of the relations of friendship, neighborliness and cooperation between them are equitable to radical interests of their people and serve cause of peace and safety,

confirming the commitment to democracy, freedom and justice,

confirming also the commitment to observance of international standards in the field of the human rights affirmed, in particular, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Declaration on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, to religious and linguistic minorities, the International convention about fight against all forms of racial discrimination, the Convention on the prevention of crime of genocide and punishment for it, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other fundamental human rights documents

considering the obligations following from the Helsinki Final act of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Madrid, Vienna and Helsinki resulting documents, documents of the Copenhagen and Moscow meetings on human measurement of CSCE, the document of the Krakow symposium on cultural heritage, and also the Parisian charter for new Europe

recognizing their of the fact that the rights of persons belonging to ethnic minorities are integral part of the conventional human rights,

in view of that in the territory of each Contracting Party persons who belong to ethnic minorities live,

recognizing that the mentioned minorities are integral part of society in which they lived and live, and enrich it with the work, originality and culture,

considering that encouragement and protection of the rights of persons belonging to ethnic minorities promotes political and social stability of the states in which they live,

and also recognizing necessary to take proper measures for providing the rights of ethnic minorities and to create for this purpose the corresponding mechanisms of cooperation, including within bilateral agreements,

agreed as follows:

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