A/RES/51/119 Page 2 Having considered the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,2 Stressing the importance of enabling the smooth running of the United Nations human rights machinery, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights2 on the effective promotion and protection of all human rights; 2. Encourages the High Commissioner to continue his activities in discharging his responsibilities under resolution 48/141; 3. Expresses its appreciation for the constructive manner in which the High Commissioner is carrying out his functions; 4. Decides to consider this question at its fifty-second session under the sub-item entitled "Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights". 82nd plenary meeting 12 December 1996 2 A/51/36; see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-first Session, Supplement No. 36.