A/RES/50/170 Page 2 Reaffirming that the full and effective implementation of United Nations human rights instruments is of major importance to the efforts of the Organization, pursuant to the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 4/ to promote universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Considering that the effective functioning of the treaty bodies established pursuant to United Nations human rights instruments is indispensable for the full and effective implementation of such instruments, Conscious of the importance of coordination of the human rights promotion and protection activities of the United Nations bodies active in the field of human rights, Noting with appreciation the initiatives taken by a number of treaty bodies to elaborate early-warning measures and urgent procedures, within their mandates, with a view to preventing the occurrence, or reoccurrence, of serious human rights violations, Recalling the reports of the five meetings of persons chairing the human rights treaty bodies, held from 1988 to 1994, Expressing concern about the non-fulfilment by many States parties of their financial obligations under the relevant United Nations instruments on human rights, Also expressing concern that the underresourcing of the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat is one impediment to the human rights treaty bodies in their ability to carry out their mandates effectively, Reaffirming its responsibility to ensure the effective functioning of human rights treaty bodies established pursuant to instruments adopted by the General Assembly, and in this connection further reaffirming the importance of: (a) Ensuring the effective functioning of the periodic reporting by States parties to these instruments; (b) Securing sufficient financial, human and information resources to overcome existing difficulties with their effective functioning; (c) Promoting greater efficiency and effectiveness through better coordination of the activities of the United Nations bodies active in the field of human rights, taking into account the need to avoid unnecessary duplication and overlapping of their mandates and tasks; (d) Addressing questions of both reporting obligations and financial implications whenever elaborating any further instruments on human rights, 1. Welcomes the report of the persons chairing the human rights treaty bodies on their sixth meeting, held at Geneva from 18 to 4/ Resolution 217 A (III). /...