A/RES/57/225
United Nations
Distr.: General
26 February 2003
General Assembly
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 109 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/57/556/Add.2 and Corr. 1-3)]
57/225. Situation of human rights in Cambodia
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 56/169 of 19 December 2001, Commission on Human
Rights resolution 2002/89 of 26 April 2002 1 and previous relevant resolutions,
Recognizing that the tragic history of Cambodia requires special measures to
ensure the protection of the human rights of all people in Cambodia and the
non-return to the policies and practices of the past, as stipulated in the Agreement
on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict, signed in Paris
on 23 October 1991, 2
Reaffirming that the most serious human rights violations in Cambodia in
recent history have been committed by the Khmer Rouge, and acknowledging that
the final collapse of the Khmer Rouge and the continued efforts of the Government
of Cambodia have provided the basis for the restoration of peace and stability with
the aim of achieving national reconciliation in Cambodia and the investigation and
prosecution of the leaders of the Khmer Rouge,
I
Support of and cooperation with the United Nations
1.
Requests the Secretary-General, through his Special Representative for
human rights in Cambodia, in collaboration with the office in Cambodia of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to assist the Government of
Cambodia in ensuring the protection of the human rights of all people in Cambodia
and to ensure adequate resources for the continued functioning of the office and to
enable the Special Representative to continue to fulfil his tasks expeditiously;
2.
Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the role and
achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia in the promotion and
protection of human rights 3 and the use of the United Nations Trust Fund for a
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1
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2002, Supplement No. 3 (E/2002/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
2
A/46/608-S/23177.
3
A/57/277.
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