A/RES/61/155
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 February 2007
Sixty-first session
Agenda item 67 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2006
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/61/443/Add.2 and Corr.1)]
61/155. Missing persons
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes, principles and provisions of the Charter of the United
Nations,
Guided also by the principles and norms of international humanitarian law, in
particular the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 1 and the Additional Protocols
thereto of 1977, 2 as well as international standards of human rights, in particular the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 3 the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, 4 the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights,4 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women, 5 the Convention on the Rights of the Child 6 and the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on
25 June 1993, 7
Recalling all previous relevant resolutions on missing persons adopted by the
General Assembly, as well as the resolutions adopted by the Commission on Human
Rights,
Noting with deep concern that armed conflicts are continuing in various parts
of the world, often resulting in serious violations of international humanitarian law
and human rights law,
Bearing in mind the effective search for and identification of missing persons
through traditional forensic methods, and recognizing that great technological
progress has been achieved in the field of DNA forensic sciences, which could
significantly assist efforts to identify missing persons,
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1
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973.
Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513.
3
Resolution 217 A (III).
4
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
5
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378.
6
Ibid., vol. 1577, No. 27531.
7
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
2
06-50373