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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/48/121
14 February 1994
Forty-eighth session
Agenda item 114 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/48/632/Add.2)]
48/121.
World Conference on Human Rights
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 45/155 of 18 December 1990, in which it
decided, inter alia, to convene at a high level a World Conference on Human
Rights in 1993, and its resolutions 46/116 of 17 December 1991 and 47/122 of
18 December 1992,
Taking note with appreciation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of
Action, 1/ adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, held at Vienna
from 14 to 25 June 1993,
Bearing in mind the view of the Conference that the promotion and
protection of human rights is a matter of priority for the international
community,
Convinced that the Conference has made an important contribution to the
cause of human rights and that its results have to be translated into
effective action by States, the competent organs of the United Nations and its
family of organizations and other organizations concerned, as well as nongovernmental organizations,
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