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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/117
6 March 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 110 (c)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/51/619/Add.3 and Corr.1)]
51/117.
Situation of human rights in Myanmar
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and
protect human rights and fundamental freedoms as stated in the Charter of the
United Nations and elaborated in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights,1 the International Covenants on Human Rights2 and other applicable
human rights instruments,
Aware that, in accordance with the Charter, the Organization promotes
and encourages respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all and
that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that the will of the
people shall be the basis of the authority of government,
Recalling its resolution 50/194 of 22 December 1995,
Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolution 1992/58 of
3 March 1992,3 in which the Commission, inter alia, decided to nominate a
special rapporteur to establish direct contacts with the Government and with
the people of Myanmar, including political leaders deprived of their liberty,
their families and their lawyers, with a view to examining the situation of
human rights in Myanmar and following any progress made towards the transfer
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1992, Supplement
No. 2 (E/1992/22), chap. II, sect. A.
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