A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/52/147 10 March 1998 Fifty-second session Agenda item 112 (c) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/52/644/Add.3)] 52/147. Situation of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1 the International Covenants on Human Rights2 and all other human rights instruments and instruments of international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 on the protection of victims of war3 and the Additional Protocols thereto, of 1977,4 as well as the principles and commitments undertaken by participating States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil their obligations under the human rights instruments to which they are party, and reaffirming the obligation of all to respect international humanitarian law, Reaffirming also the territorial integrity of all States in the region, within their internationally recognized borders, 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. 98-77149 /...

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