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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/138
3 March 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 112 (c)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/52/644/Add.3)]
52/138. Human rights in Haiti
The General Assembly,
Guided by the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights1 and the International Covenants on Human Rights,2
Recalling its resolution 51/110 of 12 December 1996, and taking note of Commission on Human
Rights resolution 1997/52 of 15 April 1997,3
Recognizing the interdependence and the mutual reinforcement between democracy, development and
respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the commitment of the international community
to supporting, strengthening and promoting this principle,
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1997, Supplement No. 3 (E/1997/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
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