Co-ordinating role of the Centre for Human Rights.
- Author: UN Commission on Human Rights (47th sess. : 1991 : Geneva)
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5 March 1991
1991/22. Coordinating role of the Centre for Human Rights
The Commission on Human Rights, RecaIling its resolution 1989/54 of 7 March 1989, as well as Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities resolution 1988/2 of 25 August 1988, Bearing in mind General Assembly resolutions 45/125 of 14 December 1990 and 45/180 of 21 December 1990, Recalling the report of the Commission on Human Rights to the Special Commission of the Economic and Social Council (E/CN.4/1988/85 and Corr.1), which was adopted without a vote by the Commission at its 56th meeting, on 10 March 1988, Recalling also that, in paragraph 30 of the above-mentioned report, the Commission reaffirmed that "the paramount consideration in the employment of staff at every level is the need for the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, and is convinced that this is compatible with the principle of equitable geographical distribution". Further reaffirming that no post should be considered the exclusive preserve of any Member State or group of States, Considering it essential that, in the context of the general financial situation of the United Nations, sufficient resources commensurate with the high priority attributed to the programme should be allocated to human rights, in particular to the Centre for Human Rights, and further stating that organizational changes, including staffing reviews and adjustments of the programme activities or resource allocation, should not adversely affect the functioning of the Centre but should rather strengthen its status and enhance its role,1. Supports the efforts of the Secretary-General to enhance the role and importance of the Centre for Human Rights as a coordinating unit in the system of bodies dealing with the promotion and protection of human rights;
2. Reaffirms the importance of the principle set out in Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations;
3. Invites again the Secretary-General to request Governments, the specialized agencies and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to express their views on the strengthening of the activities of the Centre for Human Rights, with special emphasis on new directions and forms, including increasing the representation of under-represented groups of States, notably the developing countries, in senior and policy-formulating posts in the Centre, while safeguarding the principle of equitable geographical distribution, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, particularly resolution 45/125 on the improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat, and to submit a report setting out those views and opinions to the Commission at its forty-eighth session;
4. Decides to discuss the question of the coordinating role of the Centre for Human Rights within the United Nations bodies and machinery dealing with the promotion and protection of human rights at its forty-eighth session as a new sub-item under the agenda item "Further promotion and encouragement of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the question of the programme and methods of work of the Commission".
52nd meeting5 March 1991
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. XI.]
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