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in the former Yugoslavia, in particular the recommendation concerning
provision for the continuation of necessary medical and psychological care to
victims of rape within the framework of programmes to rehabilitate women and
children traumatized by war, as well as the provision of protection,
counselling and support to victims and witnesses;
8.
Recognizes the extraordinary suffering of the victims of rape and
sexual violence and the necessity for an appropriate response to provide
assistance to those victims, and expresses its concern, in particular, for the
welfare of those victims who are currently among the internally displaced or
otherwise affected by the war and who have experienced severe trauma and
require psychosocial and other assistance;
9.
Also urges all States and all relevant intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations, as well as the United Nations Children's Fund,
the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization and the World Health Organization, to
continue to provide to the victims of such rape and abuse appropriate
assistance for their physical and mental rehabilitation and to extend their
support to the community-based assistance programmes;
10.
Demands that the parties cooperate fully with the International
Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights and her
staff, as well as other mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights, the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the monitoring and other
missions of the European Union and the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, including by providing full access;
11.
Encourages the Special Rapporteur to continue to pay particular
attention to this question, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
12.
Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General
Assembly at its fifty-second session on the implementation of the present
resolution.
82nd plenary meeting
12 December 1996
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