A/HRC/52/53 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 4 January 2023 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-second session 27 February–31 March 2023 Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, including the right to development Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 49/14, in which the Council requested information on relevant developments of United Nations human rights bodies and mechanisms, and on the activities undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights that contributed to the promotion of and respect for the provisions of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. The report covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2022, a year that marked the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration. Many of the activities undertaken in the course of the year and reflected in the report focused on commemorating the anniversary of the Declaration. GE.22-29200 (E) 030123 040123