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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/108
4 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)]
51/103.
Situation of human rights in Afghanistan
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights,1 the International Covenants on Human Rights2 and accepted
humanitarian rules, as set out in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August
19493 and the Additional Protocols thereto, of 1977,4
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and
protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil the obligations
they have freely undertaken under the various international instruments,
Recalling that Afghanistan is a party to the Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,5 the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,2 the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,2 the Convention against Torture and
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970-973.
4
Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513.
5
Resolution 260 A (III).
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