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obligations as a party to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination,11 including through seeking technical assistance;
21. Welcomes, in particular, the recent actions taken by the Government of Cambodia to combat illicit
logging which has seriously threatened the full enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights by many
Cambodians, including indigenous people, expresses the hope that these efforts by the Government will
continue, and notes with interest the current revision of the law on land;
22. Also welcomes the submission of the initial reports of Cambodia under the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights,2 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, asks the Government of Cambodia to follow
up the recommendations made by the Human Rights Committee regarding the report submitted under the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,12 calls upon the Government to meet its reporting
obligations under all other international human rights instruments, and requests the office in Cambodia of
the High Commissioner to continue to provide the necessary assistance in this regard;
23. Expresses grave concern at the devastating consequences and destabilizing effects of the use of
anti-personnel landmines on Cambodian society, welcomes the ratification by Cambodia of the Convention
on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their
Destruction13 in July 1999, encourages the Government of Cambodia to continue its support and efforts for
the removal of those mines and for victim assistance and mine awareness programmes, and commends donor
countries for their contributions and assistance to mine action;
24. Expresses concern about the high number of small arms in society and commends the efforts by
the Government of Cambodia to control the spread of weapons;
25. Notes with appreciation the use by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Trust Fund for a
Human Rights Education Programme in Cambodia to finance the programme of activities of the office in
Cambodia of the High Commissioner, as defined in resolutions of the General Assembly and the Commission
on Human Rights, and invites Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations,
foundations and individuals to consider contributing to the Trust Fund;
26. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session on the
role and achievements of the Office of the High Commissioner in assisting the Government and the people
of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights and on the recommendations made by the
Special Representative on matters within his mandate;
27. Decides to continue its consideration of the situation of human rights in Cambodia at its fifty-fifth
session under the item entitled “Human rights questions”.
11
Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.
12
See CCPR/C/79/Add.108.
13
See CD/1478.
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