A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/48/152 7 February 1994 Forty-eighth session Agenda item 114 (c) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/48/632/Add.3)] 48/152. Situation of human rights in Afghanistan 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/ and accepted humanitarian rules, as set out in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 3/ and the Additional Protocols thereto, of 1977, 4/ Aware of its responsibility to promote and encourage respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all and resolved to remain vigilant with regard to violations of human rights wherever they occur, Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil the obligations they have freely undertaken under the various international instruments, Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1984/37 of 24 May 1984, in which the Council requested the Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights to appoint a special rapporteur to examine the situation of human rights in ______________ 1/ Resolution 217 A (III). 2/ Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3/ United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970-973. 4/ Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513. /...