The United Nations asked of Greece to recognize the existence of the Macedonian and Turkish minorities. In the report of the independent minority rights expert Gay McDougall, Greece is asked to protect these groups in keeping with the Declaration on Minorities and the basic international agreements on human rights. Greece is also expected to fully implement the decisions of the European Court for Human Rights that allows minority associations to use of the words "Macedonian" and "Turkish" in their names and to freely express their identity.