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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/112
5 March 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 110 (c)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/51/619/Add.3 and Corr.1)]
51/112.
Situation of human rights in the Sudan
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights,1 the International Covenants on Human Rights,2 the
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination3 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child,4
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and
protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and to comply with the
obligations laid down in the various instruments in this field,
Recalling the obligation of all parties to respect international
humanitarian law,
Recalling also its resolution 50/197 of 22 December 1995, and taking
note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1996/73 of 23 April 1996,5
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.
4
Resolution 44/25, annex.
5
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1996, Supplement
No. 3 (E/1996/23), chap. II, sect. A.
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