Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Asian region : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

  • Author: UN General Assembly (39th sess. : 1984-1985)
  • Document source:
    UN General Assembly
  • Date:
    14 December 1984
UN General Assembly (39th sess. : 1984-1985), Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Asian region : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly, A/RES/39/116, UN General Assembly, 14 December 1984, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1984/en/6361 [accessed 22 April 2025]
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RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Asian region

  The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 34/171 of 17 December 1979, 35/197 of 15 December 1980, 36/154 of 16 December 1981 and 37/171 of 17 December 1982, Having considered the report of the Seminar on National, Local and Regional Arrangements for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Asian Region, held at Colombo from 21 June to 2 July 1982,

1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights;

2. Takes note with appreciation of the comments received from Member States in the Asian and Pacific region on the report of the Seminar on National, Local and Regional Arrangements for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Asian Region;

3. Invites States members of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific that have not yet done so to communicate their comments on the report of the Seminar to the Secretary-General as early as possible so that further consultations may be held;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-first session, through the Economic and Social Council, on the responses received;

5. Decides to consider this question further at its forty-first session.

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