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General Assembly
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GENERAL
A/RES/54/164
24 February 2000
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 116 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/54/605/Add.2)]
54/164. Human rights and terrorism
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1 the
Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States
in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations2 and the International Covenants on Human Rights,3
Recalling the Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations,4
Recalling also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on
Human Rights on 25 June 1993,5 in which the Conference reaffirmed that terrorism is indeed aimed at the
destruction of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democracy,
Recalling further its resolutions 48/122 of 20 December 1993, 49/185 of 23 December 1994, 50/186
of 22 December 1995 and 52/133 of 12 December 1997,
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
4
See resolution 50/6.
5
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
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