United Nations A/RES/66/230 Distr.: General 3 April 2012 General Assembly Sixty-sixth session Agenda item 69 (c) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 24 December 2011 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/462/Add.3)] 66/230. Situation of human rights in Myanmar The General Assembly, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 and recalling the International Covenants on Human Rights 2 and other relevant human rights instruments, Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and the duty to fulfil the obligations they have undertaken under the various international instruments in this field, Reaffirming also its previous resolutions on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, the most recent of which is resolution 65/241 of 24 December 2010, those of the Commission on Human Rights, and those of the Human Rights Council, the most recent of which are resolutions 13/25 of 26 March 2010 3 and 16/24 of 25 March 2011, 4 Welcoming the statements made by the President of the Security Council on 11 October 2007 and 2 May 2008, 5 and the Security Council statements to the press of 22 May and 13 August 2009, 6 Welcoming also the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Myanmar 7 and the observations contained therein, and recalling his visit to the country on 3 and 4 July 2009 and the visits of his Special Adviser on Myanmar from 31 January to 3 February and on 26 and 27 June 2009, on 27 and 28 November 2010 and from 11 to 13 May and from 31 October to 4 November 2011, while _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 53 and corrigendum (A/65/53 and Corr.1), chap. I, sect. A. 4 Ibid., Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53), chap. II, sect. A. 5 S/PRST/2007/37 and S/PRST/2008/13; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2007–31 July 2008. 6 SC/9662 and SC/9731. 7 A/66/267. 2 11-47262 *1147262* Please recycle ♲