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UNITED
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General Assembly
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GENERAL
A/RES/50/138
30 January 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 104
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/50/627)]
50/138.
Use of mercenaries as a means to violate
human rights and to impede the exercise of
the right of peoples to self-determination
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 49/150 of 23 December 1994,
Recalling also all of its relevant resolutions, in which, inter alia, it
condemned any State which permitted or tolerated the recruitment, financing,
training, assembly, transit and use of mercenaries with the objective of
overthrowing the Governments of States Members of the United Nations,
especially those of developing countries, or of fighting against national
liberation movements, and recalling also the relevant resolutions of the
Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and the Organization of
African Unity,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the
United Nations concerning the strict observance of the principles of sovereign
equality, political independence, territorial integrity of States and selfdetermination of peoples,
Alarmed and concerned about the danger that the activities of
mercenaries constitute to peace and security in developing countries,
particularly in Africa and in small States, where democratically elected
Governments have been overthrown by mercenaries or through mercenary
international criminal activities,
Deeply concerned about the loss of life, the substantial damage to
property and the negative effects on the polity and economies of affected
countries resulting from mercenary aggression and criminal activities,
Convinced that it is necessary for Member States to ratify the
International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training
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