A/RES/69/185
United Nations
Distr.: General
11 February 2015
General Assembly
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 68 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2014
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/69/488/Add.2 and Corr.1)]
69/185. The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 and recalling
relevant international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights2 and the International Convention for the Protection of All
Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 3 as well as the Geneva Conventions of
12 August 19494 and the Additional Protocols thereto,5
Recalling its resolution 68/163 of 18 December 2013 on the safety of
journalists and the issue of impunity, in which it proclaimed 2 November as the
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists,
Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General,6
Taking note with appreciation of the United Nations Plan of Action on the
Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, endorsed by the United Nations
System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on 12 April 2012, in which United
Nations agencies, funds and programmes were invited to work with Member States
towards a free and safe environment for journalists and media workers in both
conflict and non-conflict situations, with a view to strengthening peace, democracy
and development worldwide,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 21/12 of 27 September 20127 and
27/5 of 25 September 20148 on the safety of journalists, 20/8 of 5 July 2012 on the
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1
Resolution 217 A (III).
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
Resolution 61/177, annex.
4
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973.
5
Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513.
6
A/69/268.
7
Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/67/53/Add.1),
chap. III.
8
Ibid., Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 53A and corrigendum (A/69/53/Add.1 and Corr.1), chap. IV,
sect. A.
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