A/RES/55/90
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
26 February 2001
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 114 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/55/602/Add.1)]
55/90.
Effective implementation of international instruments on
human rights, including reporting obligations under
international instruments on human rights
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 53/138 of 9 December 1998, as well as other relevant
resolutions, and taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/75 of
26 April 2000, 1
Recalling also the relevant paragraphs of the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on
25 June 1993, 2
Reaffirming that the full and effective implementation of United Nations
human rights instruments is of major importance to the efforts of the Organization,
pursuant to the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, 3 to promote universal respect for and observance of human rights
and fundamental freedoms,
Considering that the effective functioning of the human rights treaty bodies
established pursuant to United Nations human rights instruments is indispensable for
the full and effective implementation of such instruments,
Conscious of the importance of coordination of the human rights promotion
and protection activities of the United Nations bodies active in the field of human
rights,
Recalling that the effectiveness of the human rights treaty bodies in
encouraging the realization by States parties of their obligations under United
Nations human rights instruments requires constructive dialogue aimed at assisting
States parties in identifying solutions to human rights problems, which should be
based on the reporting process supplemented by information from all relevant
sources, which should be shared with all interested parties,
1
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.
2
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
3
Resolution 217 A (III).
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