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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/134
27 February 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 112 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/52/644/Add.2)]
52/134. Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its commitment to promoting international cooperation, as set forth in the Charter of the
United Nations, in particular in paragraph 3 of Article 1, as well as relevant provisions of the Vienna
Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on
25 June 19931 for enhancing genuine cooperation among Member States in the field of human rights,
Recognizing that the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights is essential
for the full achievement of the purposes of the United Nations, including the effective promotion and
protection of all human rights,
Reaffirming the importance of ensuring the universality, objectivity and non-selectivity of the
consideration of human rights issues, and underlining the importance of the promotion of dialogue on
human rights issues,
Taking note of the adoption of resolution 1997/38 of 28 August 1997, entitled "Promotion of dialogue
on human rights issues", by the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of
Minorities of the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-ninth session,2
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A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
2
See E/CN.4/1998/2-E/CN.4/Sub.2/1997/50, chap. II, sect. A.
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