Moratorium on the use of the death penalty A/RES/69/186 7. Calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider acceding to or ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty;5 Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its 8. seventy-first session on the implementation of the present resolution; 9. Decides to continue consideration of the matter at its seventy-first session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”. 73rd plenary meeting 18 December 2014 3/3