The UN General Assembly resolution 217 C (III), 1948
"Fate of minorities"
The General Assembly,
Considering that the United Nations cannot remain indifferent to
the fate of minorities,
Considering that it is difficult to adopt a uniform solution of
this complex and delicate question, which has special aspects in
each State in which it arises,
Considering the universal character of the Declaration of Human
Rights,
Decides not to deal in a specific provision with the question of
minorities in the text of this Declaration;
Refers to the Economic and Social Council the texts submitted by
the delegations of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
Yugoslavia and Denmark on this subject contained in document
A/C.3/307/Rev.2, and requests the Council to ask the Commission
on Human Rights and the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of
Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities to make a
thorough study of the problem of minorities, in order that the
United Nations may be able to take effective measures for the
protective of racial, national, religious or linguistic
minorities.
