United Nations
A/RES/61/176
General Assembly
Distr.: General
1 March 2007
Sixty-first session
Agenda item 67 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2006
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/61/443/Add.3)]
61/176. Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, 1 the International Covenants on Human Rights 2 and other
international human rights instruments,
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect
human rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil the obligations they have
undertaken under the various international instruments in this field,
Mindful that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a party to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,2 the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights,2 the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination 3 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4
Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, the most recent of which is
resolution 60/171 of 16 December 2005, and recalling also Commission on Human
Rights resolution 2001/17 of 20 April 2001, 5
Noting the submission by the Islamic Republic of Iran of voluntary pledges
and commitments on human rights in accordance with General Assembly resolution
60/251 of 15 March 2006, 6
Noting also the statements made by the Government of the Islamic Republic of
Iran on strengthening respect for human rights in the country and promoting the rule
of law, and noting further the relevant provisions of its Constitution,
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1
Resolution 217 A (III).
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, No. 9464.
4
Ibid., vol. 1577, No. 27531.
5
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2001, Supplement No. 3 (E/2001/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
6
A/60/770/Add.1, annex.
2
06-50499