A/RES/63/183
United Nations
Distr.: General
17 March 2009
General Assembly
Sixty-third session
Agenda item 64 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2008
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/63/430/Add.2)]
63/183. Missing persons
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes, principles and provisions of the Charter of the United
Nations,
Guided also by the principles and norms of international humanitarian law, in
particular the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 1 and the Additional Protocols
thereto, of 1977, 2 as well as international standards of human rights, in particular
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 3 the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 4 the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights,4 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women, 5 the Convention on the Rights of the Child 6 and the Vienna
Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human
Rights on 25 June 1993, 7
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Acknowledging the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection
of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 8 and looking forward to its entry into
force,
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Recalling all previous relevant resolutions on missing persons adopted by the
General Assembly, as well as the resolutions adopted by the Commission on Human
Rights and the Human Rights Council,
Noting with deep concern that armed conflicts are continuing in various parts
of the world, often resulting in serious violations of international humanitarian law
and human rights law,
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1
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973.
Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513.
3
Resolution 217 A (III).
4
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
5
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378.
6
Ibid., vol. 1577, No. 27531.
7
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
8
Resolution 61/177, annex.
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08-48177