United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/55/115
Distr.: General
20 December 2000
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 114 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/55/602/Add.3)]
55/115. Human rights situation in Iraq
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, 1 the International Covenants on Human Rights 2 and other human
rights instruments,
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect
human rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil the obligations they have
undertaken under the various international instruments in this field,
Mindful that Iraq is a party to the International Covenants on Human Rights,
other international human rights instruments and the Geneva Conventions of
12 August 1949 for the protection of victims of war, 3
Recalling its previous resolutions and those of the Commission on Human
Rights on the subject, and taking note of the most recent, Commission resolution
2000/17 of 18 April 2000, 4
Recalling also 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, Council resolution 687 (1991) of 3 April
1991, 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 humanitarian organizations and that the human rights of all Iraqi
citizens be respected, Council resolutions 986 (1995) of 14 April 1995, 1111 (1997)
of 4 June 1997, 1129 (1997) of 12 September 1997, 1143 (1997) of 4 December
1997, 1153 (1998) of 20 February 1998, 1175 (1998) of 19 June 1998, 1210 (1998)
of 24 November 1998, 1242 (1999) of 21 May 1999, 1266 (1999) of 4 October
1999, 1281 (1999) of 10 December 1999 and 1302 (2000) of 8 June 2000, in which
the Council authorized States to permit imports of Iraqi oil in order to allow Iraq to
purchase humanitarian supplies, and Council resolution 1284 (1999) of
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973.
4
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2000, Supplement No. 3 and corrigendum
(E/2000/23 and Corr.1), chap II, sect. A.
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