A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/51/102 3 March 1997 Fifty-first session Agenda item 110 (b) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/51/619/Add.2)] 51/102. Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 32/127 of 16 December 1977 and all its subsequent resolutions concerning regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights, Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolution 1993/51 of 9 March 1993,1 Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights concerning advisory services in the field of human rights, including its most recent resolution on that subject, 1996/55 of 19 April 1996,2 Bearing in mind also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993,3 Reaffirming that regional arrangements play a fundamental role in promoting and protecting human rights and should reinforce universal human rights standards, as contained in international human rights instruments, and their protection, 1 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1993, Supplement No. 3 (E/1993/23), chap. II, sect. A. 2 Ibid., 1996, Supplement No. 3 (E/1996/23), chap. II, sect. A. 3 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. 97-77035 /...