A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/163 25 February 1999 Fifty-third session Agenda item 110 (c) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/53/625/Add.3)] 53/163. Situation of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) The General Assembly, Bearing in mind all relevant resolutions on this subject, in particular Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/79 of 22 April 1998,1 as well as all relevant Security Council resolutions and statements, Bearing in mind also General Assembly resolution 53/164 of 9 December 1998 on the situation of human rights in Kosovo, Reaffirming the obligations of all Member States under the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,2 the obligations of States parties under the International Covenants on Human Rights3 and all other human rights instruments and the obligation of all to respect international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the protection of victims of war4 and the Additional Protocols thereto, of 1977,5 as well as the principles and commitments undertaken by participating States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1998, Supplement No.23 (E/1998/3), chap. II, sect. A. 2 Resolution 217 A (III). 3 Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 4 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973. 5 Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513. 99-76975 /...