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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/107
3 March 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 110 (c)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/51/619/Add.3 and Corr.1)]
51/107.
Situation of human rights in the Islamic
Republic of Iran
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights1 and the International Covenants on Human Rights,2
Recalling that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,3 adopted
by the World Conference on Human Rights, held at Vienna from 14 to
25 June 1993, reaffirmed that human rights and fundamental freedoms were the
birthright of all human beings and that their protection and promotion was the
first responsibility of Governments,
Reaffirming that all Member States have a duty to fulfil the obligations
they have undertaken under the various international instruments in this
field,
Mindful that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a party to the
International Covenants on Human Rights,
Recalling the appointment by the Chairman of the Commission on Human
Rights of Mr. Maurice Danby Copithorne as Special Representative of the
Commission on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran,
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
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