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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/109
4 March 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 110 (c)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/51/619/Add.3 and Corr.1)]
51/109.
Situation of human rights in Nigeria
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights,1 the International Covenants on Human Rights,2 the Vienna
Declaration and Programme of Action3 adopted by the World Conference on Human
Rights, held at Vienna from 14 to 25 June 1993, and other human rights
instruments,
Reaffirming that all Member States have the duty to promote and protect
human rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil the obligations they have
freely undertaken under the various international instruments in this field,
Recalling that Nigeria is a party to the International Covenants on
Human Rights and to the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination,4
Recalling its resolution 50/199 of 22 December 1995, and taking note of
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1996/79 of 23 April 1996 on the
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
4
Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.
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