A/RES/76/178
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
10 January 2022
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 74 (c)
Promotion and protection of human rights: human
rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs
and representatives
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 16 December 2021
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/76/462/Add.3, para. 34)]
76/178.
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, as well as the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, 1 the International Covenants on Human Rights 2 and
other international human rights instruments,
Recalling its previous resolutions on the situation of human rights in the Islamic
Republic of Iran, the most recent of which is resolution 75/191 of 16 December 2020,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to
resolution 75/191 3 and the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights
Council on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 4 submitted
pursuant to Council resolution 46/18 of 23 March 2021; 5
2.
Recalls the statements made by the new President of the Islamic Republic
of Iran with regard to the human rights situation in the country;
3.
Welcomes the continuing efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran to host one
of the largest refugee populations in the world, including approximately 1 million
registered Afghan refugees, and to provide them with access to basic services, in
particular health care, including coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations, and
education for children;
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Resolution 217 A (III).
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
A/76/268.
A/76/160.
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53
(A/76/53), chap. V, sect. A.
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