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to follow up on communications and country visits and to seek the views and
comments of Governments and to reflect them, as appropriate, in his reports;
17. Acknowledges the important role of the Special Rapporteur in identifying
cases where extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions could amount to
genocide and crimes against humanity or war crimes, and urges the Special
Rapporteur to collaborate with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights and, as appropriate, the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the
Prevention of Genocide in addressing situations of extrajudicial, summary or
arbitrary executions that are of particularly serious concern or in which early action
might prevent further deterioration;
18. Welcomes the cooperation established between the Special Rapporteur
and other United Nations mechanisms and procedures in the field of human rights,
and encourages the Special Rapporteur to continue efforts in that regard;
19. Urges all States, in particular those that have not done so, to cooperate
with the Special Rapporteur so that his mandate can be carried out effectively,
including by favourably and rapidly responding to requests for visits, mindful that
country visits are one of the essential tools for the fulfilment of the mandate of the
Special Rapporteur, and by responding in a timely manner to communications and
other requests transmitted to them by the Special Rapporteur;
20. Expresses its appreciation to those States that have received the Special
Rapporteur, asks them to examine his recommendations carefully, invites them to
inform him of the actions taken on those recommendations, and requests other
States to cooperate in a similar way;
21. Again requests the Secretary-General to continue to use his best
endeavours in cases where the minimum standards of legal safeguards provided for
in articles 6, 9, 14 and 15 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
appear not to have been respected;
22. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with
adequate human, financial and material resources to enable him to carry out his
mandate effectively, including through country visits;
23. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue, in close collaboration
with the High Commissioner, in conformity with the mandate of the High
Commissioner established by the General Assembly in its resolution 48/141 of
20 December 1993, to ensure that personnel specialized in human rights and
humanitarian law issues form part of United Nations missions, where appropriate, in
order to deal with serious violations of human rights, such as extrajudicial, summary
or arbitrary executions;
24. Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit to the General Assembly at its
sixty-sixth and sixty-seventh sessions a report on the situation worldwide in regard
to extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and his recommendations for more
effective action to combat this phenomenon;
25.
session.
Decides to continue its consideration of the question at its sixty-seventh
71st plenary meeting
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