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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/201
29 February 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 112 (d)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/50/635/Add.4)]
50/201.
Comprehensive implementation of and
follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 48/121 of 20 December 1993, in which it
endorsed the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 1/ adopted by the
World Conference on Human Rights, held in June 1993, as well as its resolution
49/208 of 23 December 1994 on the comprehensive implementation of and followup to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,
Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolution 1994/95 of
9 March 1994, 2/ in which the Commission decided to review annually the
progress towards the full implementation of the recommendations contained in
the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,
Reaffirming the view of the World Conference on Human Rights that the
promotion and protection of human rights is a matter of priority for the
international community,
Considering that the promotion of universal respect for and observance
of human rights and fundamental freedoms is one of the basic purposes of the
Charter of the United Nations and one of the main priorities of the
Organization,
1/
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
2/
Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1994,
Supplement No. 4 and corrigendum (E/1994/24 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A.
96-77029
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