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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/140
3 March 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 112 (c)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/52/644/Add.3)]
52/140. Situation of human rights in the Sudan
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 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Racial Discrimination3 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child,4
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and
fundamental freedoms and to comply with the obligations laid down in the various instruments in this
field,
Recalling the obligation of all parties to respect international humanitarian law,
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.
4
Resolution 44/25, annex.
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