A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/152 10 March 1999 Fifty-third session Agenda item 110 (b) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/53/625/Add.2)] 53/152. The human genome and human rights The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal 2 Declaration of Human Rights,1 the International Covenants on Human Rights and the other relevant international human rights instruments, Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1993/91 of 10 March 19933 and 1997/71 of 16 April 1997,4 on the question of human rights and bioethics, Recalling also that, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Aware of the rapid development of the life sciences and of ethical concerns raised by certain of their applications with regard to the dignity of the human race and the rights and freedoms of the individual, 1 Resolution 217 A (III). 2 Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1993, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/1993/23 and Corr.2, 4 and 5), chap. II, sect. A. 4 Ibid., 1997, Supplement No. 3 (E/1997/23), chap. II, sect. A. /...