A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/160 9 February 1999 Fifty-third session Agenda item 110 (c) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/53/625/Add.3)] 53/160. Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The General Assembly, Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, as stated in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1 the International Covenants on Human Rights2 and other applicable human rights instruments, Mindful that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and 2 Political Rights,2 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International 3 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, as well as to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights,4 Taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/61 of 21 April 1998,5 1 Resolution 217 A (III). 2 Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3 Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex. 4 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1520, No. 26363. 5 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1998, Supplement No. 3 (E/1998/23), chap II, sect. A. 99-76783 /...