Situation of human rights in Cuba.

1991/68. Situation of human rights in Cuba

The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling the report of the mission which took place in Cuba in accordance with Commission decision 1988/106 of 10 March 1988 (E/CN.4/1989/46 and Corr.1), Recalling also its decision 1989/113 of 9 March 1989, in which it requested the Secretary-General to maintain contacts with the Government of Cuba on the issues and questions contained in the report, Considering the letter, dated 29 January 1990, of the Secretary-General addressed to the Chairwoman of the Commission at its forty-sixth session, in which the Secretary-General informed the Commission that he had been maintaining contacts with the Government of Cuba on this matter, Bearing in mind its resolution 1990/48 of 6 March 1990, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General (E/CN.4/1991/28) concerning the contacts maintained with the Government of Cuba,

1. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report on the contacts maintained with the Government of Cuba;

2. Expresses its appreciation also to the Secretary-General for the efforts made through his good offices;

3. Recognizes the cooperation extended to the Secretary-General by the Government of Cuba in accordance with Commission decision 1989/113;

4. Requests the Secretary-General, after consultation with the Chairman and the Bureau of the Commission, to appoint a special representative, in accordance with Commission decision 1989/113, to maintain direct contact with the Government and citizens of Cuba on the issues and questions contained in, and associated with, the report of the mission which took place in Cuba;

5. Calls upon the Government of Cuba to continue cooperating with the Secretary-General in carrying out the task entrusted to him, taking into account the international agreements to which Cuba is party and the institutional procedures established in the field of human rights;

6. Requests the appointed special representative to carry out his or her mandate, bearing in mind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and report the results to the Commission at its forty-eighth session under this agenda item on the endeavours pursuant to the present resolution.

54th meeting
6 March 1991
[Adopted by a roll-call vote of 22 to 6, with
15 abstentions. See chap. XII.]