A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/50/196 11 March 1996 Fiftieth session Agenda item 112 (c) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/50/635/Add.3)] 50/196. Human rights in Haiti The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 49/201 of 23 December 1994, Guided by the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1/ and the International Covenants on Human Rights, 2/ Taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/70 of 8 March 1995, 3/ in which the Commission requested the Secretary-General to appoint an independent expert with the mandate to furnish assistance to the Government of Haiti in the area of human rights, to examine the development of the situation of human rights in that country, to monitor the fulfilment by Haiti of its obligations in this field and to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session and to the Commission on Human Rights at its fifty-second session, Recognizing the work carried out by the International Civilian Mission to Haiti for the defence of human rights, and recalling General Assembly resolution 49/27 B of 12 July 1995, in which it decided to authorize the extension of the mandate of the Mission, 1/ Resolution 217 A (III). 2/ Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3/ 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. 96-77137 /...