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UNITED
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General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/122
23 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)]
52/122. Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance
The General Assembly,
Recalling that all States have pledged themselves, under the Charter of the United Nations, to
promote and encourage universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms
for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion,
Reaffirming that discrimination against human beings on the grounds of religion or belief constitutes
an affront to human dignity and a disavowal of the principles of the Charter,
Reaffirming also its resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981, by which it proclaimed the Declaration
on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief,
Recalling article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,1
Emphasizing that the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief is far-reaching and
profound and that it encompasses freedom of thought on all matters, personal conviction and the
commitment to religion or belief, whether manifested individually or in community with others,
Reaffirming the call of the World Conference on Human Rights, held at Vienna from 14 to 25 June
1993, for all Governments to take all appropriate measures in compliance with their international
1
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
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