A/RES/62/169 United Nations Distr.: General 20 March 2008 General Assembly Sixty-second session Agenda item 70 (c) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2007 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/62/439/Add.3)] 62/169. Situation of human rights in Belarus The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 the International Covenants on Human Rights 2 and other applicable human rights instruments, 0F 1F Reaffirming that all States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil their international obligations, Mindful that Belarus is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights2 and the first Optional Protocol thereto,2 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,2 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 3 the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 4 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 5 and the Optional Protocol thereto, 6 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child 7 and the Optional Protocols thereto, 8 2F 3F 4F 5F 6F 7F Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2003/14 of 17 April 2003, 9 2004/14 of 15 April 2004 10 and 2005/13 of 14 April 2005, 11 Human Rights Council decision 1/102 of 30 June 2006, 12 and its resolution 61/175 of 19 December 2006, 8F 9F 10F 1F _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, No. 9464. 4 Ibid., vol. 1465, No. 24841. 5 Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378. 6 Ibid., vol. 2131, No. 20378. 7 Ibid., vol. 1577, No. 27531. 8 Ibid., vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531. 9 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2003, Supplement No. 3 (E/2003/23), chap. II, sect. A. 10 Ibid., 2004, Supplement No. 3 (E/2004/23), chap. II, sect. A. 11 Ibid., 2005, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/2005/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A. 12 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/61/53), part one, chap. II, sect. B. 2 07-47391