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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/110
4 March 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 110 (c)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/51/619/Add.3 and Corr.1)]
51/110.
Human rights in Haiti
The General Assembly,
Guided by the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations,
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights1 and the International Covenants on
Human Rights,2
Recalling its resolution 50/196 of 22 December 1995, and taking note of
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1996/58 of 19 April 1996,3
Taking into account the report of the independent expert of the
Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Haiti, Mr.
Adama Dieng,4 appointed to assist the Government of Haiti in the area of human
rights, to consider the development of the human rights situation in that
country and to verify compliance by it with its obligations in that field, and
the recommendations contained in that report,
Recognizing the important contributions of the International Civilian
Mission to Haiti, the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti and the National
Commission for Truth and Justice in the establishment of a climate of freedom
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1996, Supplement
No. 3 (E/1996/23), chap. II, sect. A.
4
E/CN.4/1996/94.
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