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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/188
29 February 2000
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 116 (c)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/54/605/Add.3)]
54/188. Situation of human rights in Rwanda
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the International Bill of Human Rights,1 the Convention
on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide2 and other applicable human rights and
humanitarian law standards,
Recalling its resolution 53/156 of 9 December 1998 and previous relevant resolutions, and taking note
of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/20 of 23 April 1999,3
Reaffirming that the promotion and protection of human rights are necessary for sustaining the process
of national reconstruction and reconciliation in Rwanda,
Welcoming the commitment of the Government of Rwanda to promote and protect respect for human
rights and fundamental freedoms and to eliminate impunity, the progress made towards the development of
a State governed on the basis of the rule of law and the efforts undertaken to consolidate peace and stability
and promote unity and reconciliation,
1
See resolutions 217 A (III), 2200 A (XXI), annex, and 44/128, annex.
2
Resolution 260 A (III).
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1999, Supplement No. 3 (E/1999/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
3
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