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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/131
26 February 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 112 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/52/644/Add.2)]
52/131. Strengthening of United Nations action in the field of human rights
through the promotion of international cooperation and the importance
of non-selectivity, impartiality and objectivity
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind that among the purposes of the United Nations are those of developing friendly
relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples
and taking other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace, as well as achieving international
cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character
and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without
distinction as to race, sex, language or religion,
Desirous of achieving further progress in international cooperation in promoting and encouraging
respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Deeply convinced that United Nations action in this field should be based not only on a profound
understanding of the broad range of problems existing in all societies but also on full respect for the
political, economic and social realities of each of them, in strict compliance with the purposes and
principles of the Charter of the United Nations and for the basic purpose of promoting and encouraging
respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms through international cooperation,
Reaffirming all its resolutions in this regard,
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