United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/60/174
Distr.: General
14 March 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 71 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2005
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/60/509/Add.3 and Corr.1)]
60/174. Situation of human rights in Uzbekistan
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming that all States Members of the United Nations have an obligation
to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the duty to
fulfil the obligations they have undertaken under the various international
instruments in this field,
Mindful that Uzbekistan is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, 1 the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 2 the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights,1 the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination, 3 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women 4 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 5
Deeply concerned by the events that occurred in Andijan in May 2005 and the
subsequent response of the Uzbek authorities,
1.
Welcomes:
(a) The high-level talks of the Government of Uzbekistan with the Secretary
General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and with the
Special Representative of the European Union for Central Asia, and hopes that a
real, constructive dialogue on human rights issues will be held soon;
(b) The steps, albeit limited, taken to date to implement the National Action
Plan on Torture and the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur of the
Commission on Human Rights on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment, including the definition of torture by the Supreme Court in
accordance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment,2 and the amendment of the Criminal Code to
include torture as a punishable crime;
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1
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1465, No. 24841.
3
Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.
4
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378.
5
Ibid., vol. 1577, No. 27531.
2
05-49804