Draft International Covenants on Human Rights

UN General Assembly, Draft International Covenants on Human Rights, A/RES/2080, UN General Assembly, 20 December 1965, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1965/en/8560 [accessed 23 March 2025]
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XX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
2080. Draft International Covenants on Human Rights

The General Assembly, Considering that the Third Committee, owing to its heavy agenda, has not been able to consider the draft International Covenants on Human Rights at the present session, Noting Economic and Social Council resolution 1075 (XXXIX) of 28 July 1965 on organizational and procedural arrangements for the implementation of conventions and recommendations in the field of human rights,

1. Decides to defer to its twenty-first session the further consideration of the draft International Covenants on Human Rights;

2. Invites Governments of Member States to consider the measures of implementation and the final clauses of the draft International Covenants on Human Rights prepared by the Commission on Human Rights, the explanatory paper prepared by the Secretary Genera [1] and the observations received from Governments [2] in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1960 (XVIII) of 12 December 1963, so that at the twenty-first session of the Assembly Member States will be in a position to complete the preparation of the draft International Covenants on Human Rights.

1404th plenary meeting,
20 December 1965.
[1] Ibid., Eighteenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 48, document A/5411. [2] Ibid., Twentieth Session, Annexes, agenda item 65, documents A/5702 and Add.1.
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