J4(-c28 November
12'h Session
2019
of the United
Forum
on Minority
Issues: Education,
Language
and the
Rights of Minorities
Human
Item 2: Human
Thank
Nations
rights
and minority
language
education
you, Chairperson.
Armenia
has always
of the European
Armenia
In line with
the number
of people
and France,
Armenian
form
living
the globe in countries
Governments
education
Charter
Yezidi,
Lebanon
culture
We see the education
group
and Poland,
conducive
in their
Languages
as minority
diaspora,
a few.
outweighs
are spread around
and Iran, Russia
We are grateful
environment
concerned.
and the latter
communities
Canada
mother
the National
languages.
for the communities
Armenian
and Syria,
a multifaceted
of minorities
and Kurdish
a global
proper.
in their
tongue
Rights of Minorities.
or Minority
to name just
that established
in mother
and the Human
as we can display
Russian
with
as Argentina
and language
the Recommendattons
in those languages
in the homeland
as diverse
of all nations
identity,
a national
We welcome
to a number
for Regional
Greek,
has been made available
meanwhile,
Language
to this discussion
that provides
Assyrian,
of this Forum.
on Education,
the European
recognized
education
supporter
to contribute
Armenians,
Georgia
Forum
We are a nation
Assembly
Primary
Regional
is well-placed
approach.
tongue.
been a staunch
and the US,
to the
for the preservation
of the
midst.
as a major
for the development of national
prerequisite
identity,
and if it ig true for us, it ahould alao be applicablc to any uLlici iiatffinal-@oup. E3ythe
same token, this approach should not create entrenched disadvantages
of language incapacity,
and with
this we want to highlight
is of outmost
language
importance
and facilitation
access to, content
to find the correct
of effective
balance
of and quality
between
of education
the preservation
integration
of the community
should
ensure that a minority
concerned
for a minority. It
of the minority
in their larger
societies.
To that end a given
society
marginalized,
integration
assimilation.
linguistic
while
Therefore,
context,
should
I thank you, Chairperson.
as a whole
activities
government-driven
be taking
are not transformed
minority
integration
place in a non-threatening
population
is not
into a shrewd cover to enforcing
activities, especially in the
and most accommodating manner.