A/80/186 I. Introduction 1. The Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Nicolas Levrat, submits the present report to the General Assembly pursuant to his mandate, as established in Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/79 and Human Rights Council resolution 52/5. In the report, he summarizes his activities between 2024 and 2025. In the thematic part of the report, the Special Rapporteur examines the contribution of the United Nations to the realization of the objectives of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (General Assembly resolution 47/135, annex). He analyses the ways in which United Nations entities, funds, programmes, specialized agencies and related organizations implement article 9 of the Declaration and the ways in which they contribute to promoting the rights of minorities in their policies and programmatic work. In addition, he examines how minority issues are mainstreamed in the United Nations system, highlighting best practices, challenges, gaps and areas for improvement. The final section contains conclusions and recommendations. II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur in 2024 and 2025 2. The Special Rapporteur wishes to draw the attention of the General Assembly to the web page devoted to the mandate on minority issues, where general information is provided on the activities associated with the mandate, including communications, press statements, public appearances, country visits and thematic reports. 1 3. The Special Rapporteur engaged in several activities to raise awareness of minority issues and the rights of persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities by attending and participating, in person or online, in conferences and workshops. He also contributed to various other awareness -raising activities, such as consultations and discussions with, inter alia, fellows of the Minorities Fellowship Programme of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and participated in side events of the Human Rights Council and media interviews. An overview of the act ivities of the Special Rapporteur in 2024 is provided in the report that he presented to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-eighth session (A/HRC/58/54). 4. From 11 to 19 January 2025, the Special Rapporteur carried out an academic visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. During visit, which was restricted to Beijing, he held a meeting with academics from the Academy on issues related to Xinjiang and Tibet, as well as meetings at the China University of Political Science and Law, the Minzu University of China and the China Foreign Affairs University. He also held meetings with the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Education, the National Religious Affairs Administration and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 5. On 28 January, the Special Rapporteur participated in the online event on the theme “Engaging Romani civil society: a dialogue with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues” as part of the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. The event was organized by OHCHR and the panel heard views from the Special Rapporteur, OHCHR, the Chair of Philosophy for Peace of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies and Romani civil society, including the Roma Advisory Council. __________________ 1 25-11708 See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Minorities/SRMinorities/Pages/SRminorityissuesIndex.aspx . 3/21