State. The end result should be that solutions are implemented in order to
ensure that social and economic rights are exercised to the fullest by persons
belonging to minorities, while at the same time not effecting their inclusion into
the society where they live, but rather playing in its benefit.
4.
Increased engagement by States with the aim of enhancing the socioeconomic inclusion of persons belonging to minorities using successful
practices developed around the world, including at regional level, or within the
framework of various international organizations could prove a useful starting
point.
5.
Equal access to public goods and services without direct or indirect
discrimination should be ensured and is a necessary precondition for the
effective social and economic participation of persons belonging to minorities.
6.
Attention should also be paid to organise the education systems,
including the vocational training, in order to ensure that everyone has equal
access to acquire the skills necessary to participate effectively in the economy
of the State of citizenship/ residence.
7.
Inter-State cooperation is another tool able to assist in the realisation of
the socio-economic rights of persons belonging to minorities. However, it is
imperative that this cooperation is founded on the strict observance of
international law and principles, which do not accept the kinship argument
beyond measures aimed at ensuring the protection of the linguistic and cultural
identity of ethnics. Hence, in the absence of the express consent of the State of
citizenship/residence unilateral measures concerning the socio-economic
situation of persons belonging to minorities cannot be taken by other State/
States, irrespective of the relation of kinship in between that State/those States
and the targeted persons. This has been underscored in the OSCE HCNM
(High Commissioner on National Minorities) recommendations on the effective
participation of national minorities in the social and economic life, which further
qualifies such discriminatory unilateral support as potentially contributing to
tensions or even conflict.
8.
Hence, dialogue in general about the promotion and the protection of the
rights of persons belonging to ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, which
the '92 declaration on their rights underlines, contribute in no small way to their
equality, social inclusion and socio-economic participation and to the social