Review and co-ordination of human rights programmes of organizations in the United Nations system and co-operation with other international programmes in the field of human rights.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (34th sess. : 1979-1980)
  • Document source:
    UN General Assembly
  • Date:
    15 November 1979
UN General Assembly (34th sess. : 1979-1980), Review and co-ordination of human rights programmes of organizations in the United Nations system and co-operation with other international programmes in the field of human rights., A/RES/34/25, UN General Assembly, 15 November 1979, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1979/en/5875 [accessed 20 April 2025]
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34. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
25. Review and co-ordination of human rights programmes of organizations in the United Nations system and co-operation with other international programmes in the field of human rights

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 33/54 of 14 December 1978 on review and co-ordination of human rights programmes of organizations in the United Nations system and co-operation with other international programmes in the field of human rights, Noting that, pursuant to that resolution, the General Assembly will resume discussion of the subject of review and co-ordination of human rights programmes upon receipt of the study requested of the Commission on Human Rights in paragraph 2 of the resolution, Taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 22 (XXXV) of 14 March 1979,[1] by which the Commission decided to carry out the study asked for by the General Assembly in resolution 33/54, on the basis of preparatory material to be submitted to the Commission at its thirty-seventh session, and of Economic and Social Council resolution 1979/36 of 10 May 1979 in which the Council requested it to do so, Recognizing the importance of full and timely co-operation by concerned specialized agencies and other organs and bodies within and related to the United Nations system to permit the Commission on Human Rights to carry out its work as scheduled, Noting further that, by its resolution 1979/36, the Economic and Social Council decided to add to the terms of reference of the Commission on Human Rights the mandate to assist the Council in the co-ordination of activities concerning human rights in the United Nations system,

1. Welcomes the action decided upon by the Commission on Human Rights and the Economic and Social Council in response to General Assembly resolution 33/54;

2. Urges those specialized agencies and other organs and bodies within and related to the United Nations system which are, according to their explicit mandates, concerned with the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms to offer their full co-operation to the Secretary-General in his preparation of the preparatory material which will be the basis for the study to be carried out by the Commission on Human Rights at its thirty-seventh session;

3. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to give priority to the completion of that study at its thirty-seventh session in 1981;

4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-sixth session the item entitled "Review and co-ordination of human rights programmes of organizations in the United Nations system and co-operation with other international programmes in the field of human rights" and to give high priority to the consideration of the item at that session.

69th plenary meeting
15 November 1979
[1] See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1979, Supplement No. 6 (E/1979/36), chap. XXIV, sect. A.
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