Draft Convention on Freedom of Information

UN General Assembly, Draft Convention on Freedom of Information, A/RES/313, UN General Assembly, 20 October 1949, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1949/en/7715 [accessed 26 March 2025]
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IV. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
313. Draft Convention on Freedom of Information

The General Assembly, Convinced that freedom of information is one of the basic freedoms and that it is essential to the furtherance and protection of all other freedoms, Considering that the Commission on Human Rights is engaged in drafting an International Covenant on Human Rights, the object of which is to promote the observance of basic human rights throughout the world, Considering that the Commission on Human Rights has declared its intention of submitting the draft International Covenant on Human Rights to the fifth regular session of the General Assembly,

1. Recommends to the Economic and Social Council that it request the Commission on Human Rights to include adequate provisions on freedom of information in the draft International Covenant on Human Rights, taking into account the work done on the draft Convention on Freedom of Information[1] at the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information and at the third and fourth regular sessions of the General Assembly;

2. Decides to postpone further action on the draft Convention on Freedom of Information to the fifth regular session of the General Assembly and pending receipt of the draft International Covenant on Human Rights or a progress report thereon.

232nd plenary meeting,
20 October 1949.
[1] See Official Records of the fourth session of the General Assembly, Annex to the Third Committee, documents
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