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Minorities Rights Day is
observed on 18th
December. The day
reminds us of true rights
of Minorities. Every
nation has different
ethnic, linguistic and
religious minorities
group. It is the duty of
the state to provide all
the rights to the
minorities irrespective of
their population and
religion. Providing an
equal right to minorities
is true hallmark of a
democracy. There are
hundreds of instances in
the world when a
particular minority group
had to suffer because of
policy discrimination.
To handle such situations
and to stop the
occurrence of
discrimination against
the minorities, United
Nations had adopted and
promulgated the
Declaration on the Rights
of Persons belonging to
National or Ethnic,
Linguistic and Religious
minorities. The UN had
declared that:-
"States shall protect the
existence of the national
or ethnic, cultural,
religious and linguistic
identity of minorities
within their respective
territories and encourage
conditions for the
promotion of that
identity".