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also the declaration AHG/Decl.1 (XXVI), adopted at the twenty-sixth ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa in
July 1990, 5/
Recalling also its resolution 48/147 of 20 December 1993 and taking note of Commission on Human
Rights resolution 1994/79 of 9 March 1994 on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, 6/
Noting with deep concern reports of grave human rights violations in the Sudan, particularly summary
executions, detentions without trial, forced displacement of persons and torture, as described in, inter alia, the
reports submitted to the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-eighth session by the Special Rapporteurs on
the question of torture and on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, 7/ at its forty-ninth session by the
Special Rapporteur on the question of religious intolerance 8/ and at its fiftieth session by the Special
Rapporteurs on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and on the question of torture, 9/
Welcoming the latest report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the
Sudan, 10/ and noting with concern the continuing violations of human rights in the Sudan,
Taking note of the statement by the Chairman of the fiftieth session of the Commission on Human
Rights, at its sixty-first meeting, 11/ that Special Rapporteurs are the result of a solemn decision of the
international community and that to cast any doubts on the integrity of the Special Rapporteurs is to cast them on
the Commission itself,
Concerned that repeated attacks by airplanes of the Government of the Sudan on civilian targets in
southern Sudan, which are in clear violation of international humanitarian law, have added to the suffering of the
civilian population and resulted in casualties to civilians, including relief workers,
Emphasizing that it is the duty of all parties to the conflict in the Sudan to protect relief workers,
Deeply concerned that access by the civilian population to humanitarian assistance continues to be
impeded, which represents a threat to human life and constitutes an offence to human dignity, but welcoming
continuing dialogue between the Government of the Sudan and other parties, donor Governments and
international private voluntary agencies regarding the delivery of humanitarian aid, and expressing the hope that
5/
See A/45/482, annex II.
6/ See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1994, Supplement No. 4 and corrigendum
(E/1994/24 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A.
7/
E/CN.4/1992/17 and Add.1 and E/CN.4/1992/30 and Corr.1 and Add.1, respectively.
8/
E/CN.4/1993/62 and Corr.1 and Add.1.
9/
E/CN.4/1994/7 and Corr.1 and 2 and Add.1 and 2 and E/CN.4/1994/31, respectively.
10/ A/49/539, annex.
11/ See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1994, Supplement No. 4 and corrigendum
(E/1994/24 and Corr.1), chap. XII, para. 480.
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