1. States should review progress made by marginalised minority groups in
relation to each of the MDGs. The findings of these reviews should be
used in the preparation of new strategies and budgets for development
under the post-2015 framework.
2. UN agencies should support governments in evaluating the impact of
MDGs policies on minorities.
UN agencies can offer technical
cooperation on minority rights standards to governments in the
preparation of new strategies under the post-2015 framework and more
generally in human rights impact assessments.
3. The post-2015 framework should restate the commitments of the
Millennium Declaration, paragraph 25, on the protection of minority
rights. The new framework should reflect minority rights standards,
including mechanisms for participation of minorities in decision-making
on development that affects them.
4. The post-2015 framework should include indicators that will monitor
the progress of minorities towards the new global goals on
development. These indicators should include analysis of intersecting
forms of discrimination. This data should be collected in a manner that
is consistent with the rights of minorities.
Thank you Madame Chair.
Dr. Corinne Lennox
Lecturer in Human Rights
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London
Corinne.Lennox@sas.ac.uk