A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/51/149 4 February 1997 Fifty-first session Agenda item 34 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/51/L.44 and Add.1)] 51/149. Assistance in mine clearance The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 48/7 of 19 October 1993, 49/215 of 23 December 1994 and 50/82 of 14 December 1995 on assistance in mine clearance, all adopted without a vote, Reaffirming its deep concern at the tremendous humanitarian problem caused by the presence of mines and other unexploded devices that have serious and lasting social and economic consequences for the populations of mineinfested countries and constitute an obstacle to the return of refugees and other displaced persons, to humanitarian aid operations and to reconstruction and economic development, as well as to the restoration of normal social conditions, Reiterating its dismay at the high number of victims of mines, especially among civilian populations, particularly children, and recalling in this context Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1995/79 of 8 March 19951 and 1996/85 of 24 April 19962 on the rights of the child and 1996/27 of 19 April 19962 on the human rights of persons with disability, and 1 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1995, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/1995/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A. 2 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1996, Supplement No. 3 (E/1996/23). 97-76363 /...