Name: Evangelical Baptist church of Georgia Created On: 15/10/2015 16:42:49 Created By: Y Modified On: 22/02/2017 18:32:57 Modified By: LA Size: 8 KB UN Forum on Minority Issues, Geneva, 2013 Intervention Bishop Rusudan Gotsiridze Evangelical Baptist church of Georgia Agenda Item: 2 Legal Framework and Key Concepts . Thank you Madam Chair, Thank you for the opportunity to speak at the UN Minority Forum. My name is Rusudan Gotsiridze, Bishop of the Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia. But I will not only talk on behalf of my religious community but also The Religious Council of Georgia. As it is mentioned in the Draft Recommendations 820 major Human Rights Conventions and Declarations have been ratified'and signed by Georgia and translated into dornestic legislation. • But as it has been addressed in UPR recommendations in 2011 minority rights, especially religious minority rights need to be better protected and promoted. In Recommendation A 105.62 it says in particular: Ensure equal enjoyment of the right of freedom of religion or belief, both de