The Human Rights Council, […] Calls upon States that have not already done so to consider accession to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons; Special procedures of the Human Rights Council Independent Expert on minority issues • Report of the independent expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall. Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, , A/HRC/7/23, 28 February 2008 http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G08/113/51/PDF/G0811351.pdf?OpenEle ment http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?m=149 82. States are urged to ratify or accede to all relevant international conventions, including the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, to ensure that nationality legislation is consistent with such standards and to fully conform to international obligations. Independent Expert on the right of non-citizens • Final report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. David Weissbrodt. Prevention of discrimination, The rights of non-citizens, submitted in accordance with Sub-Commission decision 2000/103, Commission resolution 2000/104 and Economic and Social Council decision 2000/283 http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G03/143/95/PDF/G0314395.pdf?OpenEle ment 32. Since the seven principal human rights treaties deal with many of the problems encountered by non-citizens, States should pursue universal ratification and implementation of those treaties - particularly, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. States, as appropriate, should also ratify and implement such other relevant treaties as the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, ILO Conventions Nos. 97, 118, 143, etc.; the Conventions on the Reduction of Statelessness and relating to the Status of Stateless Persons; the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and optional Protocols, Protocols Nos. 4 and 7 to the European Convention on Human Rights; and the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. 9