United Nations General Assembly A/RES/57/234 Distr.: General 28 February 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 109 (c) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Third Committee (A/57/556/Add.3)] 57/234. Question of human rights in Afghanistan The General Assembly, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1 the International Covenants on Human Rights2 and accepted humanitarian rules, as set out in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 19493 and the Additional Protocols thereto, of 1977,4 Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil the obligations they have freely undertaken under the various international instruments, Recalling that Afghanistan is a party to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,5 the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,2 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,2 the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,6 the Convention on the Rights of the Child,7 the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,8 as well as the Convention concerning Equal Remuneration (Convention No. 100) and the Convention concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour (Convention No. 105) of the International Labour Organization, and recalling that it has signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,9 Welcoming the accession of Afghanistan to the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, on the involvement of children in armed conflict,10 and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography,11 and to _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973. 4 Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513. 5 Resolution 260 A (III). 6 Resolution 39/46, annex. 7 Resolution 44/25, annex. 8 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973. 9 Resolution 34/180, annex. 10 Resolution 54/263, annex I. 11 Ibid., annex II. 2 02 55492

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