Myanmar was a nation of many nationalities, which recognized the equality of its citizens, regardless of race or religion.

He urged the Committee to see Turkey as one nation that was flourishing, not suffering, as a result of its ethnic diversity.

68. Many ethnic groups lived side by side in his country.

I call it the era of citizenship where people could be from multi racial, multi ethnic backgrounds, but all be equal as citizens in a state.

It notes that Nigeria is the most populated African country and that it is multi ethnic in composition with over 250 ethnic groups which have diverse cultures and languages.

It notes that Nigeria is the most populated African country and that it is multi ethnic in composition, with over 250 ethnic groups which have diverse cultures and languages.

All States, particularly those with a multiracial or multi ethnic population, should support the Committee s work in promoting respect for different cultures.

Compared with data for the majority population, in some parts of Republika Srpska, over 50 per cent of the minority population is poor, while in the parts of the Federation with a Croat majority, 15.6 per cent of minority households belong to this category.

While some public emergency situations derive from class strife, conflict situations most frequently occur in multinational States between the dominant nationality and other less dominant nationalities (national minorities).

The Nation State Revisited

Countries with a multiethnic population and longer histories have broken up because of ethnic conflicts.

In Malaysia, we live in a national setting which is multireligious, multiethnic and multicultural.

It is necessary to respect the historical traditions of multinational States, promote peaceful coexistence and the joint development of different peoples, and also make efforts to defend State unity.

The Nation State Reborn

The Republic of Kazakhstan was a multiethnic and multicultural state, with some 130 ethnic groups, 45 religious confessions and numerous ethnocultural and linguistic groups living within its borders.

Enhancement of participation by all individuals, peoples and nations in local, national and international decision making processes.

States shall take appropriate action to ensure that State owned media duly reflect multinational and multicultural diversity.

In Bosniak majority territories, about 25 per cent of minority households belong to the category of the poor.

The prophets of supra national multiculturalism thus reject a federal democracy. What is feasible is, they believe, at best a so called demoi cracy 45 45 that is, the rule not of one people or demos, but of many peoples or demoi who deliberately assure and seek to maintain their diversity.

The prophets of supra national multiculturalism thus reject a federal democracy. What is feasible is, they believe, at best a so called demoi cracy that is, the rule not of one people or demos, but of many peoples or demoi who deliberately assure and seek to maintain their diversity.

The research initiative revealed that indigenous peoples' rights are protected in national constitutions or in acts specific to indigenous peoples in many of the States reviewed.

In a world where many countries and regions were affected by ethnic contradictions, China had managed to preserve national unity, social stability and progress.

The Committee notes that Tanzania is a multi ethnic State, with more than 120 ethnic and minority groups, and acknowledges its efforts to build a State where all groups live in harmony.

That is the nation state mentality.

Ending the Nation State Myth

France has discovered once again that it is a multiracial and multicultural society.

The Chinese don't feel like that.

In a country of such diverse ethnic, racial and religious composition, and which has as its motto apos Bhineka Tunggal Ika apos or apos Unity in Diversity apos , racism or xenophobia is simply untenable.

27. It is noted that the Russian Federation is a large multi ethnic, multi religious and multicultural State composed of more than 176 nationalities and ethnic groups.

47. The Sorbian people is a Slavic people with its own history of over 1,000 years, two written languages (upper and lower Sorbian) and its own culture, a people who always used to live in the framework of the German State.

The Chinese have a very, very different conception of race to most other countries.

CONTEMPORARY CRISIS OF THE NATION STATEs

I. A COUNTRY MOVING TOWARDS RACIAL AND ETHNIC INTEGRATION

Many of the State owned reindeer herding farms in the Soviet Union were multi ethnic.

As we all know, the disaster has had an impact on many States and nationalities throughout the world.

In many countries there is a scarcity of specific data pertaining to the housing conditions of indigenous peoples.

Conflict prevention was of great importance for the Russian Federation, as one of the largest multinational States of the world in which over 100 nationalities coexisted, each with its own material and spiritual life.

These multiple identities emerged because the democratic state provided a roof of equal rights above all citizens, whatever their religion, language, or culture. This helped develop a strong sense of identity with the statewide political community.

Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world, with ethnic minority groups making up at least one third of the population of 45 million, and inhabiting half the land area.

Arbitrary political discrimination exists, as in the case of one ethnic group which is a tiny minority but which predominates because Marshal Mobutu and over 50 per cent of the nation apos s generals belong to it.

Indigenous and tribal peoples encompass approximately 5,000 distinct peoples, with the vast majority living in developing countries.

Singapore, a cosmopolitan city State with a multiracial and multireligious population, is particularly vulnerable.

51. Ms. Maldonado (Bolivia) said that, as a multi ethnic, multicultural and multilingual country, Bolivia had participated actively in United Nations efforts on behalf of indigenous people.

20. Mr. Zozulya (Ukraine) said that protecting and promoting the rights of indigenous peoples and national minorities contributed to the stability of multi ethnic societies, especially in countries with economies in transition.

Support had also been expressed for not covering measures of expulsion taken by a State vis à vis its own nationals of an ethnic, racial or religious origin different from that of the majority of the population.