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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/132
27 February 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 112 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/52/644/Add.2)]
52/132. Human rights and mass exoduses
The General Assembly,
Deeply disturbed by the scale and magnitude of exoduses and displacements of people in many
regions of the world and by the human suffering of refugees and displaced persons,
Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, as well as those of the Commission on Human Rights, in
particular Commission resolution 1997/75 of 18 April 1997, 1 and the conclusions of the World
Conference on Human Rights, held at Vienna from 14 to 25 June 1993,2 which recognized that gross
violations of human rights, including in armed conflicts, are among the multiple and complex factors
leading to the displacement of people,
Noting with satisfaction the participation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
in the framework for coordination activities and projects organized by the United Nations system aimed
at evolving a comprehensive approach to address root causes and effects of movements of refugees and
other displaced persons and the strengthening of emergency preparedness and response mechanisms,
Conscious of the fact that mass exoduses of populations are caused by multiple and complex factors,
which may include human rights violations, political, ethnic and economic conflicts, famine, insecurity,
violence, poverty and environmental degradation, indicating that comprehensive approaches, in particular
1
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1997, Supplement No. 3 (E/1997/23),
chap. II, sect. A.
2
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
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