UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/49/415/Add.1 15 November 1994 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: ENGLISH/FRENCH/ SPANISH Forty-ninth session Agenda item 100 (b) HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS: HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES FOR IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVE ENJOYMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities Report of the Secretary-General Addendum CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. INTRODUCTION ......................................... 1 - 4 3 II. PROMOTION AND PROTECTION BY STATES OF THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS BELONGING TO NATIONAL OR ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS AND LINGUISTIC MINORITIES ................................ 5 - 103 3 The protection of the existence of persons belonging to minorities .......................... 5 - 31 3 B. The right to enjoy their own culture ............. 32 - 63 7 C. The right to profess and practise their own religion ......................................... 64 - 65 13 The right to use their own language .............. 66 - 75 13 A. D. 94-45147 (E) 251194 /...