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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/185
6 March 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 112 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/50/635/Add.2)]
50/185.
Strengthening the role of the United
Nations in enhancing the effectiveness of
the principle of periodic and genuine
elections and the promotion of
democratization
The General Assembly,
Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, especially
resolutions 48/131 of 20 December 1993 and 49/190 of 23 December 1994,
Recalling also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by
the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, 1/ especially the
recognition therein that assistance provided upon the request of Governments
for the conduct of free and fair elections, including assistance in the human
rights aspects of elections and public information about elections, is of
particular importance in the strengthening and building of institutions
relating to human rights and the strengthening of a pluralistic civil society,
and that special emphasis should be given to measures that assist in achieving
those goals, 2/
Reaffirming that electoral assistance and support for the promotion of
democratization are provided only at the specific request of the Member State
concerned,
Recognizing the usefulness of a comprehensive and balanced approach in
the activities carried out by the United Nations in this field in order to
1/
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
2/
Ibid., sect. II, para. 67.
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