A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/52/118 23 February 1998 Fifty-second session Agenda item 112 (a) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/52/644/Add.1)] 52/118. Effective implementation of international instruments on human rights, including reporting obligations under international instruments on human rights The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 51/87 of 12 December 1996, as well as other relevant resolutions, and taking note of Commission on Human Rights decision 1997/105 of 3 April 1997,1 Recalling also the relevant paragraphs of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993,2 Reaffirming that the full and effective implementation of United Nations human rights instruments is of major importance to the efforts of the Organization, pursuant to the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,3 to promote universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, 1 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1997, Supplement No. 3 (E/1997/23), chap. II, sect. B. 2 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. 3 Resolution 217 A (III). 98-76855 /...