World Conference on Human Rights.

1992/37.
World Conference on Human Rights

The Commission on Human Rights, Bearing in mind the objectives of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to promote and encourage respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion, Guided by the principles governing its mandate as the body responsible, inter alia, for considering all aspects of human rights calling for the active participation of all members of the international community, Recalling General Assembly resolution 45/155 of 18 December 1990, in which the Assembly decided to convene a World Conference on Human Rights in 1993, Commission resolution 1991/30 of 5 March 1991 and Assembly resolution 46/116 of 17 December 1991, Aware of the progress made during the first session of the Preparatory Committee for the World Conference on Human Rights, held from 9 to 13 September 1991, Noting that the Preparatory Committee is scheduled to meet twice before the forty-ninth session of the Commission, Recognizing that the Preparatory Committee at its second session, to be held from 30 March to 10 April 1992, will deal in particular with the rules of procedure of the World Conference, the provisional agenda and the documentation related thereto, Taking into account that the Preparatory Committee will also consider, as appropriate, the question of the venue of the World Conference,

1. Encourages the widest possible participation in both the preparatory process and the World Conference on Human Rights and recommends that all working arrangements be such as to facilitate this participation;

2. Welcomes contributions from regional meetings to be held in 1992 as part of the preparatory work for the World Conference;

3. Recommends that its Chairman inform the Preparatory Committee of the debate on the World Conference that took place during the forty-eighth session of the Commission and that he make available to it a summary of these discussions;

4. Also recommends that the Preparatory Committee take into account the suggestions made at the forty-eighth session of the Commission relating, inter alia, to the agenda of the World Conference;

5. Calls upon the Preparatory Committee to deal, as soon as possible, with the substantive preparations for the World Conference, in accordance with the goals and objectives set out in paragraph 1 of General Assembly resolution 45/155 , as well as with the recommendations contained in Commission resolution 1991/30 and the annex thereto;

6. Encourages its Chairman, the chairpersons or other designated members of human rights bodies, including the persons chairing the human rights treaty bodies or their designated representatives, as well as special and thematic rapporteurs and the chairpersons or designated members of working groups, to contribute as observers by taking part, as appropriate, in the work of the Preparatory Committee and the World Conference;

7. Welcomes contributions of extrabudgetary resources made to meet the costs of participation of representatives of the least developed countries in the preparatory meetings, including regional meetings, and the World Conference itself, and encourages further contributions to the Voluntary Fund established for this purpose;

8. Also welcomes the willingness of the Italian Government to consider acting as host to the World Conference in 1993;

9. Decides to consider the question at its forty-ninth session under the agenda item entitled "World Conference on Human Rights".

48th meeting
28th February 1992
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. XXIV.]