United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/55/119
Distr.: General
13 March 2001
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 114 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/55/602/Add.3)]
55/119. Question 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 Rights 2 and accepted
humanitarian rules, as set out in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 3 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 Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment, 6 the Convention on the Rights of the Child 7 and the
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 8
and that it has signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women, 9
Recalling also all its relevant resolutions, as well as the resolutions and
presidential statements of the Security Council, the decisions of the Economic and
Social Council, the resolutions and decisions of the Commission on Human Rights
and the resolutions of the Commission on the Status of Women,
Recalling further that the United Nations continues to play its central and
impartial role in international efforts towards a peaceful resolution of the Afghan
conflict, and encouraging all efforts at the national, regional and international levels
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
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).
6
Resolution 39/46, annex.
7
Resolution 44/25, annex.
8
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
9
Resolution 34/180, annex.
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