1992/102.
Situation in Cambodia

At its 37th meeting, on 21 February 1992, the Commission, guided by the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights, recalling its decision 1991/104 of 15 February 1991, General Assembly resolution 46/18 of 20 November 1991, Security Council resolutions 717 (1991) of 16 October 1991, 718 (1991) of 31 October 1991 and 728 (1992) of 8 January 1992, welcoming the signature in Paris on 23 October 1991 of the Agreement on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict (see A/46/608 - S/23177, annex), which provides for an internationally guaranteed comprehensive settlement which would restore peace to the country, convinced that lasting peace and security in Cambodia, and the full enjoyment by its people of all human rights, including the right to self-determination, are dependent on the effective implementation of this agreement, and in particular the holding of free and fair elections, noting the substantive provisions on human rights in the Agreement (articles 15 to 17), aware that the mandate of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia provides, inter alia, for the development and implementation of a programme of human rights education, for general overseeing of human rights, for the investigation of human rights complaints and, where appropriate, for corrective action, aware also of the provision in the Agreement (article 17) for the Commission to monitor closely the human rights situation in Cambodia after the end of the transitional period, noting that the Centre for Human Rights has begun a programme of human rights information in Cambodia, decided, without a vote:

(a) To welcome the signature of the Paris Agreement on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict;

(b) To commend all parties and countries that have contributed to the conclusion of the Agreement;

(c) To welcome the fundamental importance given in the provisions of the Agreement to the observance of human rights;

(d) To encourage the Centre for Human Rights to develop its programme of human rights information throughout Cambodia, in coordination with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia;

(e) To request the Secretary-General to inform the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-ninth session about the human rights activities in Cambodia carried out by the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia and by the Centre for Human Rights;

(f) To keep the situation in Cambodia under review at its forty-ninth session under the same agenda item.

[See chap. IX.]

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