United Nations
A/RES/60/171
General Assembly
Distr.: General
7 March 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 71 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2005
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/60/509/Add.3 and Corr.1)]
60/171. Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
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 and other international
human rights instruments,
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect
human rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil the obligations they have
undertaken under the various international instruments in this field,
Mindful that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a party to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,2 the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights,2 the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination 3 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4
Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, the most recent of which is
resolution 59/205 of 20 December 2004, and recalling also Commission on Human
Rights resolution 2001/17 of 20 April 2001, 5
Noting the statements made by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
on strengthening respect for human rights in the country and promoting the rule of
law,
1.
Welcomes:
(a) The open invitation extended by the Government of the Islamic Republic
of Iran to all human rights thematic monitoring mechanisms in April 2002 and the
cooperation extended to the special procedures of the Commission on Human Rights
during their visits;
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1
Resolution 217 A (III).
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.
4
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.
5
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2001, Supplement No. 3 (E/2001/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
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