Draft Convention on Freedom of Information

UN General Assembly, Draft Convention on Freedom of Information, A/RES/840, UN General Assembly, 17 December 1954, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1954/en/7414 [accessed 20 June 2025]
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IX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
840. Draft Convention on Freedom of Information

The General Assembly, Considering that it has not studied the draft Convention[1] on Freedom of Information during its sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth sessions, Recalling its decision, in resolution 631 (VII) of 16 December 1952, that it would consider, inter alia, the draft Convention on Freedom of Information in the light of the report[2] of the Rapporteur on Freedom of Information to the Economic and Social Council and after the Council had had an opportunity to examine that report, Noting that the Rapporteur on Freedom of Information has made recommendations for further consideration of the draft Convention, Considering the reasons why the Convention has been delayed, as pointed out by the Rapporteur, Noting that the Economic and Social Council has not made any recommendations for further action on the draft Convention, Considering the importance of freedom of information as a fundamental human right and the necessity for giving the conclusion of a convention on this right high priority in the work of the United Nations, Noting that the draft International Covenants on Human Rights are to be discussed during the tenth session of the General Assembly,

1. Requests the Economic and Social Council to continue its efforts on the technical level to promote freedom of information;

2. Further requests the Economic and Social Council to discuss, at its nineteenth session, the draft Convention on Freedom of Information and to formulate recommendations for the consideration of the General Assembly, taking into account the views expressed and the proposals made on this subject at the ninth and previous sessions of the General Assembly;

3. Decides to discuss the draft Convention on Freedom of Information not later than at its eleventh session, including such recommendations as the Economic and Social Council may make.

514th plenary meeting,
17 December 1954.
[1]1 Ibid., Seventh Session, Annexes, agenda item 29, document A/AC.42/7 and Corr.1, annex. [2] See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Sixteenth Session, Supplement No. 12.
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