Status of special rapporteurs.

1989/37. Status of special rapporteurs

The Commission on Human Rights, Convinced that the impartiality and objectivity of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities and the independent status of its members, their alternates and its special rapporteurs must be safeguarded in all circumstances, Recalling that the Sub-Commission, in 1985, appointed Dumitru Mazilu, an expert from Romania, to prepare a report on human rights and youth, and that his membership in the Sub-Commission expired before the study entrusted to him as Special Rapporteur had been completed, Concurring with the view expressed by the Sub-Commission in its resolution 1988/37 of 1 September 1988 that Mr. Mazilu, in his continuing capacity as Special Rapporteur, enjoys the privileges and immunities necessary for the performance of his duties, as provided for in article VI, section 22, of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of 13 February 1946, to which Romania is a party, Having considered the note dated 13 February 1989 (E/CN.4/1989/69) submitted by the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 2 of Sub-Commission resolution 1988/37 and in particular the aide-mémoire transmitted to the Legal Counsel by the Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations, reproduced in annex II thereof, Noting that the Government of Romania does not concur in the applicability of the provisions of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations in the case of Mr. Mazilu, Recommends the following draft resolution to the Economic and Social Council for adoption: [For the text, see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution III.] 51st meeting
6 March 1989
[Adopted by a roll-call vote of 26 to 5, with
12 abstentions. See chap. XIX.]