United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/56/171
Distr.: General
26 February 2002
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 119 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/56/583/Add.3)]
56/171. 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 Discrimination3 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4
Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, the most recent of which is
resolution 55/114 of 4 December 2000, and taking note of Commission on Human
Rights resolution 2001/17 of 20 April 2001, 5
1.
Welcomes:
(a) The interim report of the Special Representative of the Commission on
Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran;6
(b) The broad participation of the electorate in the presidential elections held
in June 2001, which expressed the true commitment of the Iranian people to the
democratic process in the Islamic Republic of Iran;
(c) The reports that religion will no longer be requested in the registration of
births, marriages, divorces or deaths;
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1
Resolution 217 A (III).
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.
4
Resolution 44/25, annex.
5
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2001, Supplement No. 3 (E/2001/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
6
See A/56/278.
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