A/79/173 Table 5 Requirements for supervisory or personal data protection authorities explicitly mentioned in international documents In view of the results of this analysis, the proposed updated text incorporates the topics not currently addressed in General Assembly resolution 45/95, in order to ensure that it is complete and sufficient to respond to current needs, so as to enable the proper processing of personal data. In the light of the foregoing, it is proposed that the General Assembly of the United Nations adopt the following text amending its resolution 45/95 of 14 December 1990: Proposal to amend United Nations General Assembly resolution 45/95 of 14 December 1990 Guidelines for the processing of personal data The procedures for implementing regulations concerning the processing of personal data are left to the initiative of each State, subject to the following orientations: A. Principles concerning the minimum guarantees that should be provided in national law to ensure the proper processing of personal data 1. Principle of lawfulness and fairness The collection, use, circulation and processing of personal data, and any other activity involving personal data, must be carried out in accordance with the laws of each country and for lawful purposes. Information about persons (personal data) must not be collected or processed in unfair, deceptive, unlawful or fraudulent ways, nor should it be used for ends contrary to human dignity or to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. 2. Principle of data accuracy or quality Personal data must be reliable, complete, accurate, timely, verifiable and relevant to the purpose of the processing, and they must be updated whenever necessary, either unprompted – by the controller or processor – or at the request of the data subject. Data that are partial, incomplete, fractured or misleading must not be processed. 16/23 24-13146