A/RES/52/141 Page 2 Recalling previous resolutions of the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights on the subject, and taking note of the most recent, Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/60 of 16 April 1997,4 Taking note of the concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee following the Committee's consideration of the fourth periodic report of Iraq5 under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,2 Recalling Security Council resolution 688 (1991) of 5 April 1991, in which the Council demanded an end to the repression of the Iraqi civilian population and insisted that Iraq cooperate with international humanitarian organizations and that the human rights of all Iraqi citizens be respected; Security Council resolution 686 (1991) of 2 March 1991, in which the Council called upon Iraq to release all Kuwaitis and nationals of other States who might still be held in detention; Security Council resolutions 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991 and 986 (1995) of 14 April 1995, by which the Council authorized States to permit imports of Iraqi oil in order to allow Iraq to purchase humanitarian supplies, as well as Security Council resolutions 1111 (1997) of 4 June 1997 and 1129 (1997) of 12 September 1997, 1. Welcomes the interim report on the situation of human rights in Iraq submitted by the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Iraq6 and the observations, conclusions and recommendations contained therein, and noting that there has been no improvement in the situation of human rights in the country; 2. Strongly condemns: (a) The massive and extremely grave violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law by the Government of Iraq, which have resulted in an all-pervasive repression and oppression sustained by broad-based discrimination and widespread terror; (b) Suppression of freedom of thought, expression, religion, information, association, assembly and movement through fear of arrest, imprisonment and other sanctions, including the death penalty; (c) Summary and arbitrary executions, including political killings, enforced or involuntary disappearances, routinely practised arbitrary arrests and detention and consistent and routine failure to respect due process and the rule of law; (d) Widespread, systematic torture in its most cruel forms, the enactment and implementation of decrees prescribing cruel and inhuman punishment, namely mutilation, as a penalty for offences and the diversion of medical care services for such mutilations; 3. Calls upon the Government of Iraq: 4 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1997, Supplement No. 3 (E/1997/23), chap. II, sect. A. 5 CCPR/C/103/Add.2. 6 A/52/476. /...