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those found responsible or to consider their extradition, if so requested, in
accordance with domestic law and applicable bilateral or international treaties;
10. Welcomes the organization, in Geneva from 13 to 17 May 2002, in
compliance with General Assembly resolution 56/232 of 24 December 2001, of the
second meeting of experts on traditional and new forms of mercenary activities as a
means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to
self-determination, and takes note of its conclusions; 6
11. Takes note with appreciation of the proposal for an enhanced legal
definition of mercenaries contained in the report of the Special Rapporteur, and
requests the Secretary-General to circulate it to the Member States and to seek their
views in order to include them in the report of the Special Rapporteur to the General
Assembly at its fifty-ninth session;
12. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights, as a matter of priority, to publicize the adverse effects of the
activities of mercenaries on the right of peoples to self-determination and, when
requested and where necessary, to render advisory services to States that are affected
by those activities;
13. Requests the Special Rapporteur to continue to take into account, in the
discharge of his mandate, the fact that mercenary activities continue to occur in
many parts of the world and are taking on new forms, manifestations and
modalities;
14. Recommends that the Commission on Human Rights renew the mandate
of the Special Rapporteur for a period of three years;
15. Urges all States to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the
fulfilment of his mandate;
16. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the
necessary assistance and support for the fulfilment of his mandate, both professional
and financial, including through the promotion of cooperation between the Special
Rapporteur and other components of the United Nations system that deal with
countering mercenary-related activities;
17. Requests the Special Rapporteur to consult States and intergovernmental
and non-governmental organizations in the implementation of the present resolution
and to report, with specific recommendations, to the General Assembly at its
fifty-ninth session his findings on the use of mercenaries to undermine the right of
peoples to self-determination;
18. Decides to consider at its fifty-ninth session the question of the use of
mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the
right of peoples to self-determination under the item entitled “Right of peoples to
self-determination”.
77th plenary meeting
22 December 2003
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See E/CN.4/2003/4.
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