UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/52/498 17 October 1997 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Fifty-second session Agenda item 112 (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 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. INTRODUCTION ......................................... 1 - 4 2 II. PROVISION OF QUALIFIED EXPERTISE ON MINORITY ISSUES .. 5 - 7 2 III. COOPERATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WITH UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMMES AND AGENCIES WHICH DEAL WITH MINORITY ISSUES ............. 8 - 10 3 TREATY BODIES ........................................ 11 - 28 4 A. Human Rights Committee ........................... 11 - 17 4 B. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 18 - 20 5 C. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ................................... 21 - 26 5 Committee on the Rights of the Child ............. 27 - 28 7 SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES AND WORKING GROUPS ....................................... 29 - 51 7 IV. D. V. 97-27921 (E) 291097 /...