United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/60/151
Distr.: General
21 February 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 71 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2005
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/60/509/Add.2 (Part II))]
60/151. Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
in Central Africa
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 55/105 of 4 December 2000 concerning regional
arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights,
Recalling also its resolution 59/183 of 20 December 2004 on the Subregional
Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa,
Recalling further its resolutions 55/34 B of 20 November 2000 and 55/233 of
23 December 2000, section III of resolution 55/234 of 23 December 2000, and
resolution 58/176 of 22 December 2003,
Recalling that the World Conference on Human Rights recommended that
more resources be made available for the strengthening of regional arrangements for
the promotion and protection of human rights under the programme of technical
cooperation in the field of human rights of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights, 1
Recalling also the report of the High Commissioner, 2
Taking note of the holding of the twenty-second ministerial meeting of the
United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central
Africa in Brazzaville from 14 to 18 March 2005,
Taking note also of the report of the Secretary-General, 3
Welcoming the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 4 in particular the decision
confirmed therein to double the regular budget of the Office of the High
Commissioner over the next five years,
Welcomes the activities of the Subregional Centre for Human Rights and
1.
Democracy in Central Africa at Yaoundé;
_______________
1
See A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 36, addendum
(A/56/36/Add.1).
3
A/60/353.
4
See resolution 60/1.
2
05-49666
Select target paragraph3
Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents