A/80/186 on ethnic minorities, or sometimes religious minorities, in relation to discrimination based on work and descent (castes). In the field of security, 66 the focus is primarily on religious minorities, or sometimes national minorities, while specialized agencies concentrate on cultural rights, communication or education, 67 with a focus on linguistic minorities. This segmentation of minorities into different categories, although understandable and supported by wording of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minori ties, 68 leads to a lack of visibility for “minority-focused” actions in general. IV. Conclusions and recommendations 67. There is room to increase the attention paid by the United Nations system to minority issues. The good news is that the problem is caused more by a lack of visibility than a lack of activity. It can therefore be addressed without a major budgetary increase. In addition, existing mechanisms to deal with minority issues could be put to better use. For example, the United Nations system could strengthen the United Nations network on racial discrimination and protection of minorities by providing it with resources, while enhancing participation in the network and scaling up the output of its activities for greater impact across the United Nations system and beyond. United Nations entities should also increase their active participation in the Forum on Minority Issues in order to engage with minority representatives and help civil society to see and understand the engagement of the United Nations as a whole in support of persons belonging to minorities. Recalling the appeal that the Secretary-General made to the General Assembly in 2022, it is time for Members States to deal properly with minority issues, in line with the commitments that they made in 1992 by adopting the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. 68. The Special Rapporteur, recalling that minorities are not mentioned at all in either the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development or the Pact of the Future, strongly recommends that Member States live up to the commitment that they made in 1992 to recognize the existence and identity of minorities by acknowledging the existence and the specific needs of minorities and by specifically mentioning minorities in the post-2030 agenda. 69. Considering the major ongoing reforms of the United Nations system, the Special Rapporteur calls on Member States to recognize the centrality of minority issues not only to the human rights pillar, but also to the development and the peace and security pillars, and to acknowledge their interconnected nature, with a view to ensuring that minority issues are much better integrated into the emerging reformed system. 70. In order to help ensure the implementation of the preceding recommendation, the Special Rapporteur calls on the General Assembly to organize an international summit or conference on minority issues in advance of the negotiation and elaboration of a post-2030 agenda, with a view to ensuring that the question of minorities is addressed in the development, human rights and peace and security pillars and that minorities are considered actors in the context of those pillars. __________________ 66 67 68 25-11708 Security Council, Department of Peace Operations and Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. ITU and UNESCO. See also A/74/160 and A/75/211. 19/21