A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/54/170 25 February 2000 Fifty-fourth session Agenda item 116 (b) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/54/605/Add.2)] 54/170. Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms The General Assembly, Reaffirming its resolution 53/144 of 9 December 1998, by which it adopted the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, annexed to that resolution, Reiterating the importance of the Declaration, Convinced of the important role of the Commission on Human Rights in following up the Declaration, Noting with deep concern that, in many countries, persons and organizations engaged in promoting and defending human rights and fundamental freedoms are facing threats, harassment and insecurity as a result of those activities, 1. Calls upon Governments, specialized agencies and relevant intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations to submit, at the request of the Secretary-General, on the basis of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/66 of 28 April 1999,1 proposals and ideas that should contribute substantially to further work on the implementation of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of 1 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1999, Supplement No. 3 (E/1999/23), chap. II, sect. A. 00 26597 /...