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its assessment of the global need for international funding of rehabilitation services
for victims of torture and, in this effort, to make use of all existing possibilities,
including the preparation, production and dissemination of information materials;
28. Further requests the Secretary-General to ensure the provision of
adequate staff and facilities for the bodies and mechanisms involved in combating
torture and assisting victims of torture, commensurate with the strong support
expressed by Member States for combating torture and assisting victims of torture;
29. Invites donor countries and recipient countries to consider including in
their bilateral programmes and projects relating to the training of armed forces,
security forces, prison and police personnel and health-care personnel matters
relating to the protection of human rights and the prevention of torture, while
bearing in mind a gender perspective;
30. Calls upon all Governments, the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights and other United Nations bodies and agencies, as
well as relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to
commemorate, on 26 June, the United Nations International Day in Support of
Victims of Torture;
31. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on Human
Rights at its fifty-eighth session and to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh
session a report on the status of the Convention and a report on the operations of the
Fund;
32. Decides to consider at its fifty-seventh session the reports of the
Secretary-General, including the report on the United Nations Voluntary Fund for
Victims of Torture, the report of the Committee against Torture and the interim
report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the
question of torture.
88th plenary meeting
19 December 2001
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