Draft International Covenants on Human Rights

Publisher	UN General Assembly
Author	UN General Assembly
Publication Date	12 December 1963
Citation / Document Symbol	A/RES/1960
Reference	Eighteenth Session
Cite as	UN General Assembly, Draft International Covenants on Human Rights, 12 December 1963, A/RES/1960, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f1d974.html [accessed 17 September 2023]

XVIII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
1960. Draft International Covenants on Human Rights

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolutions 1843 B and C (XVII) of 19 December 1962,

Having devoted its attention once again to the draft International Covenants on Human Rights and, in particular, to the issues connected with the measures of implementation. which are vital for the adoption and effectiveness of the Covenants,

Having regard to the presence of many new Member States, which have not had an opportunity to express their views on measures of implementation owing, in particular, to the date on which the Commission on Human Rights approved the draft International Covenants on Human Rights,

Considering also the many different views expressed in the debate on measures of implementation,

1. Reaffirms its belief that final adoption of the draft International Covenants on Human Rights is urgent and essential for the universal protection and promotion of human rights;

2. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to Member States the text of the articles of the draft International Covenants on Human Rights which were adopted at the tenth to eighteenth sessions of the General Assembly, together with the records of the debates which took place in the Third Committee on measures of implementation of the said drafts, the explanatory paper prepared by the Secretary-General and the observations received from Governments [1]

3. Invites Member States to consider the text of the articles of the draft International Covenants on Human Rights which have already been adopted by the Third Committee and the measures of implementation and the final clauses relating to the said Covenants elaborated by the Commission on Human Rights, in order that they may be in a position to decide on the measures of implementation and on the final clauses of the Covenants;

4. Requests the Secretary General, if observations are sent by Member States before the opening of the nineteenth session of the General Assembly, to transmit them to the other Member States as soon as possible;

5. Decides to make a special effort to complete, at its nineteenth session, the adoption of the entire text of the draft International Covenants on Human Rights.

1279th plenary meeting,
12 December 1963.

[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Eighteenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 48, documents A/5411 and Add.1 and 2.

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