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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/196
11 March 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 112 (c)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/50/635/Add.3)]
50/196.
Human rights in Haiti
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 49/201 of 23 December 1994,
Guided by the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations,
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1/ and the International Covenants
on Human Rights, 2/
Taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/70 of
8 March 1995, 3/ in which the Commission requested the Secretary-General to
appoint an independent expert with the mandate to furnish assistance to the
Government of Haiti in the area of human rights, to examine the development of
the situation of human rights in that country, to monitor the fulfilment by
Haiti of its obligations in this field and to submit a report to the General
Assembly at its fiftieth session and to the Commission on Human Rights at its
fifty-second session,
Recognizing the work carried out by the International Civilian Mission
to Haiti for the defence of human rights, and recalling General Assembly
resolution 49/27 B of 12 July 1995, in which it decided to authorize the
extension of the mandate of the Mission,
1/
Resolution 217 A (III).
2/
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3/
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1995,
Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/1995/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A.
96-77137
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