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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/143
6 March 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 112 (c)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/52/644/Add.3)]
52/143. Situation of human rights in Cuba
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and
fundamental freedoms, as stated in the Charter of the United Nations and elaborated in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights1 and other applicable human rights instruments,
Reaffirming also that all States have an obligation to fulfil the commitments they have freely
undertaken under the various international instruments,
Taking particular note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/62 of 16 April 1997,2 in
which the Commission commended the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cuba for
his report3 and for his efforts to carry out his mandate, and extended his mandate for one year,
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1997, Supplement No. 3 (E/1997/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
3
E/CN.4/1997/53.
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