Asia
Member
States
in
the
Asian
region
received
169
recommendations
in
total.
Most
were
received
by
China
(11),
Iran
(17),
Iraq
(11),
Kyrgyzstan
(10),
Myanmar
(20),
Nepal
(13)
and
Viet
Nam
(14).
China
China
received
11
recommendations,
accepted
3
and
noted
8.
The
ones
accepted
were:
to
adopt
further
measures
to
ensure
universal
access
to
health
and
education
and
other
welfare
for
minority
regions
(from
New
Zealand);
to
continue
its
efforts
to
further
ensure
ethnic
minorities
the
full
range
of
human
rights
including
cultural
rights
(from
Japan);
and
to
make
more
widely
available
to
the
world
its
experience
in
combining
a
strong
state
with
ethnic
regional
autonomy
(from
Sri
Lanka).
It
has
noted
the
rest:
to
strengthen
the
protection
of
ethnic
minorities'
religious,
civil,
socio-‐economic
and
political
rights
(from
Australia);
to
resume
the
dialogue
in
Tibet
(from
New
Zealand);
to
allow
ethnic
minorities
to
fully
exercise
their
human
rights,
to
preserve
their
cultural
identity
and
to
ensure
their
participation
in
decision-‐making
(from
Austria);
to
grant
greater
access
to
Tibetan
areas
for
OHCHR
and
other
United
Nations
bodies,
as
well
as
diplomats
and
the
international
media
(from
the
United
Kingdom);
to
simplify
requirements
for
official
approval
of
religious
practices
in
order
to
allow
more
individuals
to
exercise
their
freedom
of
religion
and
belief
and
to
better
respect
the
religious
rights
of
minorities
(from
Italy); to
guarantee
all
citizens
of
China,
including
its
minority
communities
and
religions,
the
exercise
of
religious
freedom,
freedom
of
belief
and
the
freedom
of
worshipping
in
private
(from
Germany);
to
respect
the
fundamental
rights
of
ethnic
minorities
in
Xinjiang
and
Tibet,
notably
freedom
of
religion
and
movement
and
to
protect
the
culture
and
language
of
national
minorities,
including
Tibetans
and
Uyghurs
(from
Switzerland
and
Czech
Republic).
Iran
Iran
received
17
recommendations,
accepted
8
and
noted
9.
There
were
4
accepted
recommendations
generally
addressing
the
situation
of
minorities,
these
included:
to
continue
its
policy
of
promoting
and
protecting
all
rights
of
the
members
of
recognized
religious
minorities,
create
opportunities
to
preserve
their
identities
and
further
ensure
their
political
representation
and
promote
their
greater
involvement
in
the
planning
and
implementation
of
various
projects
aimed
at
providing
financial
assistance
for
their
educational
and
cultural
needs
and
share
its
good
practices
regarding
the
protection
of
the
cultural
heritage
of
members
of
traditional
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