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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/53/148
10 March 1999
Fifty-third session
Agenda item 110 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/53/625/Add.2)]
53/148. Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 32/127 of 16 December 1977 and all its subsequent resolutions concerning
regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights,
Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolution 1993/51 of 9 March 19931 and its subsequent
resolutions in this regard,
Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Commission concerning advisory services and technical
cooperation in the field of human rights, including its most recent resolution on that subject, resolution
1998/57 of 17 April 1998,2
Bearing in mind also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World
Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993,3 which reiterates the need to consider the possibility of
establishing regional and subregional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights where
they do not already exist,
1
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1993, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/1993/23
and Corr.2, 4 and 5), chap. II, sect. A.
2
Ibid., 1998, Supplement No. 3 (E/1998/23), chap. II, sect. A.
3
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
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