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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/49/202
13 March 1995
Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 100 (c)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/49/610/Add.3)]
49/202. Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The General Assembly,
Guided by the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights 1/ and the International Covenants on Human Rights, 2/
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and
fundamental freedoms and to fulfil the obligations they have undertaken under the various international
instruments in this field,
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including the most recent, resolution 48/145 of 20 December 1993, as
well as those of the Commission on Human Rights, including the most recent, resolution 1994/73 of 9 March
1994, 3/ and those of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
including the most recent, resolution 1994/16 of 25 August 1994, 4/
1/
Resolution 217 A (III).
2/
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3/ 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.
4/
95-77209
See E/CN.4/1995/2-E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/56, chap. II, sect. A.
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