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RAUL'S ASSUMPTIONS NEGLECT THE FACT THAT ALMOST ALL STATES ARE ETHNICALLY PLURAL OR HETEROGENOUS, AND THAT MANY OF THEM CONFER SPECIAL STATUS AND RIGHTS ON ETHNIC GROUPS AS COLLECTIVE ENTITIES; FOR EXAMPLE, MANY OF THEM CONFER SPECIAL STATUS AND RIGHTS ON INDIGENOUS GROUPS, ON GROUPS DISADVANTAGED BY PRIOR DISCRIMINATION AND ON MINORITIES AND OTHER GROUPS.

THE CHARTER OF THE U.N. REQUIRES MEMBERS TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH ARE LARGELY THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS, AND THEY ARE TO BE PROMOTED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO MAINTAIN EQUALITY AND NONDISCRIMINATION. IN FACT, HOWEVER, ON THE BASIS OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND NATIONAL POLICIES, MANY ETHNIC, LINGUISTIC, RELIGIOUS AND OTHER KINDS OF GROUPS HAVE RIGHTS AS COLLECTIVE ENTITLES.