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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/48/146
28 January 1994
Forty-eighth session
Agenda item 114 (c)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/48/632/Add.3)]
48/146.
Situation of human rights in Somalia
The General Assembly,
Guided by the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations,
the International Bill of Human Rights 1/ and other applicable human rights
instruments,
Gravely concerned by the situation in Somalia, including the extensive
damage and destruction of villages, towns and cities, the heavy damage
inflicted by the civil conflict on the country’s infrastructure and the still
widespread disruption of many public facilities and services and the lack of a
governmental authority to ensure even basic human rights,
Deploring the loss of human life in Somalia, and attacks against
personnel of the United Nations and of other humanitarian organizations in
Somalia, which sometimes result in serious injuries or deaths,
Recalling Security Council resolution 733 (1992) of 21 January 1992, all
subsequent relevant Security Council resolutions and General Assembly
resolution 47/167 of 18 December 1992, and taking note of Commission on Human
Rights resolution 1993/86 of 10 March 1993,2/
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1/
See resolutions 217 A (III), 2200 A (XXI), annex and 44/128,
annex.
2/
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1993,
Supplement No. 3 (E/1993/23), chap. II, sect. A.
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