United Nations General Assembly A/RES/58/176 Distr.: General 12 March 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 117 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2003 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/58/508/Add.2)] 58/176. Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 55/105 of 4 December 2000 concerning regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights, Recalling also its resolutions 55/34 B of 20 November 2000 and 55/233 of 23 December 2000 and section III of its resolution 55/234 of 23 December 2000, Recalling further that the World Conference on Human Rights recommended that more resources be made available for the strengthening of regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights under the programme of technical cooperation in the field of human rights of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1 Recalling the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2 Taking note of the holding of the twentieth ministerial meeting of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, in Malabo, from 27 to 31 October 2003, Welcomes the activities of the Subregional Centre for Human Rights and 1. Democracy in Central Africa at Yaoundé; Notes with satisfaction the support provided for the establishment of the 2. Centre by the host country; Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High 3. Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide their full assistance for the proper functioning of the Centre; Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its 4. fifty-ninth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution. _______________ 1 See A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 36 and corrigendum (A/56/36 and Corr.1 and Add.1). 2 03 50514