A/RES/50/191
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Deploring the refusal of the Government of Iraq to
United Nations human rights mechanisms, in particular by
visit of the Special Rapporteur to Iraq and allowing the
rights monitors throughout Iraq pursuant to the relevant
General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights,
cooperate with the
receiving a return
stationing of human
resolutions of the
1.
Takes note with appreciation of the interim report on the
situation of human rights in Iraq 5/ submitted by the Special Rapporteur of
the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Iraq and
the observations, conclusions and recommendations contained therein;
2.
Expresses its strong condemnation of the massive and extremely
grave violations of human rights for which the Government of Iraq is
responsible, resulting in an all-pervasive order of repression and oppression
which is sustained by broad-based discrimination and widespread terror;
3.
Expresses its condemnation with regard to the violations of human
rights and international humanitarian law, in particular of:
(a)
Summary and arbitrary executions, including political killings;
(b)
The widespread routine practice of systematic torture in its most
cruel forms;
(c)
The enactment and implementation of decrees prescribing cruel and
unusual punishment, namely mutilation, as a penalty for certain offences and
the abuse and diversion of medical-care services for the purpose of such
mutilations;
(d)
Enforced or involuntary disappearances, routinely practised
arbitrary arrests and detention and consistent and routine failure to respect
due process and the rule of law;
(e)
Suppression of freedom of thought, information, expression,
association and assembly, through fear of arrest, imprisonment and other
sanctions, including the death penalty, as well as harsh limitations to
freedom of movement;
4.
Urges the Government of Iraq to cooperate with the United Nations
with a view to arranging for the export of oil in order to purchase essential
food and medical supplies for humanitarian purposes, as authorized by the
Security Council in its resolution 986 (1995);
5.
Strongly condemns the continued refusal of the Government of Iraq
to take advantage of resources available to alleviate the suffering of the
people, which includes long-term disabilities of millions of people and the
death of many thousands more;
6.
Again expresses its special alarm at the policies of the
Government of Iraq, which discriminate between regions and prevent the
equitable enjoyment of basic foodstuffs and medical supplies, and calls upon
Iraq, which has sole responsibility in this regard, to take steps to cooperate
5/
See A/50/734.
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