United Nations A/RES/71/204 General Assembly Distr.: General 1 February 2017 Seventy-first session Agenda item 68 (c) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2016 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/71/484/Add.3)] 71/204. Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran The General Assembly, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 the International Covenants on Human Rights 2 and other international human rights instruments, Recalling its previous resolutions on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the most recent of which is resolution 70/173 of 17 December 2015, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General of 6 September 2016, 3 submitted pursuant to resolution 70/173, and the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran of 30 September 2016, 4 submitted pursuant to Council resolution 31/19 of 23 March 2016; 5 2. Continues to welcome the pledges made by the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran with regard to some important human rights issues, p articularly on eliminating discrimination against women and members of ethnic minorities and on greater space for freedom of expression and opinion; 3. Acknowledges legislative and administrative changes in the Islamic Republic of Iran, which, if properly implemented, would address some human rights concerns, including portions of the new Code of Criminal Procedure; 4. Welcomes the engagement of the Islamic Republic of Iran with human rights treaty bodies, including through the submission of periodic re ports, and notes in particular the engagement of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its participation in the universal periodic revie w; _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3 A/71/374. 4 A/71/418. 5 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-first Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/71/53), chap. IV, sect. A. 2 16-22577 (E) *1622577* Please recycle