United Nations
A/RES/59/205
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 March 2005
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 105 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2004
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/59/503/Add.3)]
59/205. Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, 1 the International Covenants on Human Rights 2 and other
international human rights instruments,
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect
human rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil the obligations they have
undertaken under the various international instruments in this field,
Mindful that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a party to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,2 the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights,2 the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination 3 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4
Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, the most recent of which is
resolution 58/195 of 22 December 2003, and recalling also Commission on Human
Rights resolution 2001/17 of 20 April 2001, 5
Noting the commitment made by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
to strengthen respect for human rights in the country and to promote the rule of law,
1.
Welcomes:
(a) The open invitation extended by the Government of the Islamic Republic
of Iran to all human rights thematic monitoring mechanisms in April 2002;
(b) The visit of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the
Commission on Human Rights to the Islamic Republic of Iran in February 2003 and
its subsequent report; 6
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1
Resolution 217 A (III).
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.
4
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.
5
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2001, Supplement No. 3 (E/2001/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
6
E/CN.4/2004/3/Add.2 and Corr.1.
2
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