A/72/219* United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 27 July 2017 Original: English Seventy-second session Item 73 (b) of the provisional agenda** Promotion and protection of human rights: 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 Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 70/166, which requested the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, at its seventy-second session, a report on the implementation of the resolution, including on activities undertaken by Member States, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, relevant United Nations entities and other stakeholders to enhance the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities and to ensure the realization of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities. * Reissued for technical reasons on 26 September 2017. ** A/72/150. 17-12826* (E) 270917 *1712826*