A
UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/48/142
28 January 1994
Forty-eighth session
Agenda item 114 (c)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/48/632/Add.3)]
48/142.
Situation of human rights in Cuba
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 Rights 2/ and other applicable human
rights instruments,
Reaffirming also that all Member States have an obligation to fulfil the
commitments they have freely undertaken under the various international
instruments,
Taking particular note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1993/63
of 10 March 1993, 3/ in which the Commission recognized with deep appreciation
the efforts of the Secretary-General and of the Special Rapporteur to carry
out the mandate concerning the situation of human rights in Cuba,
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1/
Resolution 217 A (III).
2/
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3/
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1993,
Supplement No. 3 (E/1993/23), chap. II, sect. A.
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