Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities A/RES/72/184 10. Calls upon States, while bearing in mind the theme of the ninth session of the Forum and with a view to enhancing the implementation of the Declaration and ensuring the realization of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, to take appropriate measures by, inter alia: (a) Reviewing any legislation, policy or practice that has a discriminatory or disproportionately negative effect on persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and that may render them vulnerable, with a view to considering its amendment; (b) Enhancing efforts to prevent and combat acts of violence specifically targeting persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities; (c) Strongly condemning any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, and adopting and implementing measures to criminalize incitement to imminent violence based on nationality, race, religion or belief, while respecting all internationally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms; (d) Developing effective and adequate disaster risk reduction programmes that include measures to enhance the preparedness of potentially affected populations and, where necessary, address the specific needs of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities; (e) Ensuring that protection responses are participatory, non-discriminatory and sensitive to the specific needs of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities; (f) Ensuring the restoration or reissuance of identity documents to persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities after a humanitarian emergency, including documents such as birth certificates or nationality documentation, so that the risk of statelessness is prevented; (g) Ensuring that persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities affected by displacement are adequately included, on an equal basis with other persons affected, in any durable solution, strategy or displacement focused policy developed following the displacement of a population; 11. Also calls upon States to integrate the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, as well as effective non-discrimination and equality for all, into strategies for the prevention and resolution of conflicts involving these minorities, while ensuring their full and effective participation in the design, implementation and evaluation of such strategies; 12. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the effective promotion of the Declaration 8 and the reports of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on minority issues, and their special focus on minorities in situations of humanitarian crises 9 and on main concerns and recommendations from all thematic reports; 10 13. Commends the Special Rapporteur for the work that has been done and the important role played in raising the level of awareness of and in giving added visibility to the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities; __________________ 8 9 10 4/6 A/72/219. A/71/254. A/72/165. 17-23176