A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/161 25 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)] 53/161. Situation of human rights in Nigeria 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 and as elaborated in the Universal 2 Declaration of Human Rights,1 the International Covenants on Human Rights and other applicable human rights instruments, Recalling that Nigeria is a party to the International Covenants on Human Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,3 the Convention on the Elimination of 5 Discrimination against Women4 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as the African 6 Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 1 Resolution 217 A (III). 2 Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3 Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex. 4 Resolution 34/180, annex. 5 Resolution 44/25, annex. 6 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1520, No. 26363. 99-76789 /...