The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities makes it clear in its preamble that one of the purposes is to preserve and strengthen domestic and international peace. The fifth preambular paragraph reads:
12. 联合国《在民族或族裔、宗教和语言上属于少数群体的人的权利宣言》序言中清楚地阐明，目标之一是维护和增强国内和国际和平。