A/RES/48/147 Page 3 1. Expresses its deep concern at the continuing and serious human rights violations in the Sudan, including summary executions, detentions without due process, forced displacement of persons and torture; 2. Takes note of paragraph 24 of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, in which he stated that the Government of the Sudan had cooperated with the him by arranging the meetings he had requested and further facilitated visits to the locations he had wished to see; 3. Notes with concern the reprisals taken by the Government of the Sudan against those who contacted or attempted to contact the Special Rapporteur; 4. Urges the Government of the Sudan fully to respect human rights, and calls upon all parties to cooperate in order to ensure such respect; 5. Calls upon the Government of the Sudan to comply with applicable international human rights instruments, in particular the International Covenants on Human Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, to which the Sudan is a party, and to ensure that all individuals in its territory and subject to its jurisdiction, including members of all religious and ethnic groups, enjoy the rights recognized in those instruments; 6. Calls upon all parties to the hostilities to respect fully the applicable provisions of international humanitarian law, including article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, 8/ and the Additional Protocols thereto, of 1977, 9/ to halt the use of weapons against the civilian populationand to protect all civilians from violations, including arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, torture and summary execution; 7. Expresses its appreciation to the humanitarian organizations for their work in helping displaced persons and drought and conflict victims in the Sudan, and calls upon all parties to protect humanitarian relief workers; 8. Calls upon the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions again to address the killing of Sudanese nationals employed by foreign government relief organizations; 9. Calls upon the Government of the Sudan to explain fully the actions to obstruct the efforts of the Special Rapporteur, especially the illtreatment afforded those who contacted or attempted to contact him; _____________ 8/ United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970-973. 9/ Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513. /...