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(d) To implement fully its commitment to the democratization process, in particular the national
dialogue, as set out in the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement, and to create, in this context, conditions that would
allow for a democratization process that is genuine and all-inclusive and that fully reflects the aspirations
of all people of the country;
(e) To fulfil its responsibility to ensure that those responsible for human rights violations are brought
to justice;
(f) To remove the remaining administrative restrictions on the activities of political parties and to
prepare for the holding of democratic, free, transparent and fair elections;
(g) To promote human rights awareness, inter alia, by strengthening cooperation with civil society,
including all human rights organizations, and to remove the restrictions that still affect the work of nongovernmental organizations;
(h) To ensure full respect for freedom of opinion and expression, including freedom of the press in all
types of mass media, as well as freedom of association and assembly;
(i) To cooperate fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons
Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in
the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations
Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 in ensuring
that all those responsible for the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and other grave violations of
human rights are brought to justice in accordance with international principles of due process;
5. Decides to continue to examine the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, and requests the Special Rapporteur to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session.
83rd plenary meeting
17 December 1999