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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/200
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)]
50/200.
Situation of human rights in Rwanda
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations,
of Human Rights, 1/ the International Covenants on
Convention on the Prevention and the Punishment of
and other applicable human rights and humanitarian
the Universal Declaration
Human Rights, 2/ the
the Crime of Genocide 3/
law standards,
Recalling its resolution 49/206 of 23 December 1994, and taking note of
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/91 of 8 March 1995, 4/ in which
the Commission renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur to investigate
the human rights situation in Rwanda,
Welcoming the commitments of the Government of Rwanda to protect and
promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and to eliminate
impunity, recalling the efforts to restore the rule of law and reconstruct the
civil administration and the social, legal and human rights infrastructure,
and noting that these efforts are hampered by a lack of resources,
1/
Resolution 217 A (III).
2/
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3/
Resolution 260 A (III).
4/
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.
96-77125
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