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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/48/141
7 January 1994
Forty-eighth session
Agenda item 114 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/48/632/Add.4)]
48/141.
High Commissioner for the promotion and protection of
all human rights
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter
of the United Nations,
Emphasizing the responsibilities of all States, in conformity with the
Charter, to promote and encourage respect for all human rights and fundamental
freedoms for all, without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion,
Emphasizing the need to observe the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights 1/ and for the full implementation of the human rights instruments,
including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2/ the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2/ as well as
the Declaration on the Right to Development, 3/
Reaffirming that the right to development is a universal and inalienable
right which is a fundamental part of the rights of the human person,
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1/
Resolution 217 A (III).
2/
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3/
Resolution 41/128, annex.
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