A/RES/70/162
United Nations
Distr.: General
10 February 2016
General Assembly
Seventieth session
Agenda item 72 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2015
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/70/489/Add.2)]
70/162. The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 and recalling
relevant international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights 2 and the International Convention for the Protection of All
Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 3 as well as the Geneva Conventions of
12 August 1949 4 and the Additional Protocols thereto, 5
Recalling its resolution 68/163 of 18 December 2013 on the safety of
journalists and the issue of impunity, in which it proclaimed 2 November as the
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, as well as its
resolution 69/185 of 18 December 2014 on the same issue,
Welcoming the latest report of the Secretary-General on the safety of
journalists and the issue of impunity, 6 and recalling his previous report on this
topic, 7
Taking note with appreciation of the United Nations Plan of Action on the
Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, endorsed by the United Nations
System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on 12 April 2012, in which United
Nations agencies, funds and programmes were invited to work with Member States
towards a free and safe environment for journalists and media workers in both
conflict and non-conflict situations, with a view to strengthening peace, democracy
and development worldwide,
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Resolution 217 A (III).
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2716, No. 48088.
Ibid., vol. 75, Nos. 970–973.
Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513.
A/70/290.
A/69/268.
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