This problem affects 1 per cent of the Bulgarian ethnic group, 7.4 per cent of the Turkish ethnic group, and 11.2 per cent of the Roma ethnic group.

Illiteracy by ethnic group and sex

Ethnic group Percentage illiteracy Male Female

202. The great majority of the 16,329 cases of disappearance reported to have occurred in Iraq concern persons of the Kurdish ethnic group who allegedly disappeared in 1988.

While the IDP population cuts across all ethnic groups, the majority of them are Pashtuns, including those displaced from the north west by persecution, and Kuchis, a nomadic group.

According to recent studies, this group has merged with the Páez ethnic group.

A restriction to one sex or one ethnic group.

(iii) The ethnic group of the Frisians in Germany

(iv) The ethnic group of German Sinti and Roma

Her delegation considered that the right to self determination could not entail territorial separation for an ethnic group if that group was not in a majority in the territory concerned and if the other groups living there objected to the separation.

Since the individual identification of a person belonging to an ethnic group was explicitly prohibited, such individual minority language rights might be equally asserted by members of ethnic groups and by members of the German speaking majority, provided that they met the linguistic preconditions for such instruction.

Moreover, in communication with the other majority ethnic groups the Roma are especially found in a discriminated position.

Viet Nam has 54 ethnic nationalities with the majority being the Kinh (Vietnamese), representing 86.8 of the population.

This policy of ethnic discrimination was aimed mainly at the Tutsi group.

Arabs constitute the majority, in addition to which there are ethnic groups of Armenians, Kurds, Syriacs, Assyrians, Circassians and Chaldeans.

The State protected the rights and interests of ethnic minorities and promoted equality, unity and mutual assistance among all ethnic groups. Discrimination against and oppression of any ethnic group were prohibited.

3. The majority of Djiboutians are from the Afar and Somali ethnic tribes the other groups are Yemeni Arabs and French.

First, it depends on the willingness of the majority community to continue to make efforts to create a multi ethnic and democratic Kosovo.

Sexual discrimination combined with ethnic discrimination since the majority of the women raped are from the Sierra region have meant that silence prevails.

12. The vast majority of the complaints of ethnic discrimination reported to the Commissioner for Aliens concern inequality of treatment in daily life situations.

Their reluctance to leave their communities, or to interact with members of the majority community (and vice versa), is widening an already deep ethnic divide.

Reaffirming that terrorism cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality, civilization or ethnic group,

Reaffirming that terrorism cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality, civilization or ethnic group,

DRC added that the statement equated a group of an ethnic origin other than Danish with crime.

It must avoid double standards and refrain from linking terrorism with any civilization, ethnic group or religion.

Tribes in the Bemba ethnic group account for more than two thirds of all tribes in Zambia.

The national Danish minority and the ethnic group of the Frisians are entitled to protection and support.

73. The ethnic group of German Sinti and Roma is estimated to have 50,000 to 70,000 members.

It welcomes, in particular, the projects being implemented for the Wichi ethnic group in the Chaco region.

147. The majority of the 102 cases of disappearance reported to the Working Group occurred between 1991 and 1994 under the Transitional Government and concerned members of the Oromo ethnic group suspected of participation in the Oromo Liberation Front who were arrested in Addis Ababa or disappeared from the Huso military detention camp in western Ethiopia.

The situation of the Khasi ethnic group residing within the northern State of Meghalaya in India was brought to the attention of the Working Group.

Reaffirming also that terrorism cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality, civilization or ethnic group,

The ethnic group is therefore a political instrument and pawn (gaining and maintaining power building the electoral base).

Mainly, however, girls are disadvantaged, both as a group and as a sub group of the disadvantaged, such as the rural poor, ethnic minorities and indigenous populations.

Membership in any national minority or ethnic group may not be used to the detriment of any individual and

Other political and ethnic leaders have also been arrested or detained, causing one ceasefire group to boycott the Convention.

Despite all the problems, women in almost every ethnic group in the Niger do carry out income generating activities.

Roma often declared themselves to be Croats or members of other ethnic groups as they wanted to escape the prejudices held against them by the majority of the population.

Since independence, national politics in Malaysia has reinforced group identity, especially among ethnic Malays, an exclusively Muslim community. Identity politics allowed ethnic Malays to assert their claims to control over land, language, and religion.

Each ethnic group and community has specific characteristics and has a particular relationship with the Government and the mainstream population.

In the above context, Botswana's National Settlement Policy does not give power to any particular ethnic group to allocate land.

Indonesia focused on the international aspects of counterterrorism Terrorism should not be identified with any particular religion or ethnic group.

No negative national traditions are observed in practice with respect to young girls of any ethnic group living in Kazakhstan.

The members of the Committee reiterated their request for precise socio economic data in respect of each major ethnic group.

The whole of Austria expressed its solidarity with the families of the murdered men and the Romany ethnic group itself.