A/HRC/34/53 E. Statements 27. The Special Rapporteur issued several public statements, most of them jointly with other mandate holders, highlighting issues of concern involving minorities. The statements are available on her website. F. Detailed analysis of communications sent by the mandate 28. The Special Rapporteur has conducted an analysis of all the communications sent since the inception of the mandate until 1 December 2016, which can be found on the website. The main findings are contained in the annex to the present report. G. Follow-up on country visit recommendations 29. In October 2016, the Special Rapporteur wrote to the Governments of all the States that had received official visits from her or her predecessor, to inquire about the implementation of the recommendations made in the country visit reports. 3 She would like to thank the Governments of Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, France, Greece, Hungary, Rwanda and Viet Nam for their responses. She prepared a short summary report on the basis of the responses received, which is available on the mandate’s website. H. Research on minority issues during the second cycle of the universal periodic review process 30. The Special Rapporteur conducted a second round of research analysing all minority-related recommendations made during the second cycle of the universal periodic review. The report is available on the website. III. Reflections on the six-year tenure of the Special Rapporteur A. Introduction 31. As she approaches the end of her tenure as mandate holder, the Special Rapporteur has undertaken a review of the major developments relating to her work, particularly with respect to the thematic priorities she had decided to focus on at the beginning of her mandate (A/HRC/19/56), as well as the major challenges and emerging issues in the field of minority rights protection that she came across during her tenure. 32. During the course of her work, the Special Rapporteur has promoted the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities and other relevant international standards, and considered the following four main pillars of minority rights protection: (a) the protection of a minority’s survival by combating violence against its members and preventing genocide; (b) the protection and promotion of the cultural identity of minority groups, and 3 6 The States concerned were Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Rwanda, Ukraine and Viet Nam. The country visits undertaken in 2016 (to Iraq, the Republic of Moldova and Sri Lanka) were not included.