A/RES/34/47 GA

VI. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Third Committee 171 Taking into account Economic and Social Council resolution 1979/36 of 10 May 1979, 1. Takes note with satisfaction of the report on the work relating to the over-all analysis of the United Na- tions approach to human rights45 submitted to the Gen- eral Assembly by the Commission on Human Rights, through the Economic and Social Council, in accordance with paragraph 2 (a) of General Assembly resolution 32/130; 2. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to continue at its thirty-sixth session its ongoing work on the over-all analysis with a view to further promoting and improving human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the question of the Commission's programme and working methods, and on the over-all analysis of the alternative approaches and ways and means for improv- ing the effective enjoyment of human rights and funda- mental freedoms, in accordance with the provisions and concepts of resolution 32/130; 3. Reiterates its profound conviction that all human rights and fundamental freedoms are indivisible and in- terdependent, and that equal attention and urgent con- sideration should be given to the implementation, pro- motion and protection of both civil and political, and economic, social and cultural rights; 4. Reaffirms the absolute necessity, under all cir- cumstances, of eliminating massive and flagrant viola- tions of human rights and of the rights of peoples and individuals affected by situations such as those enumer- ated in paragraph 1 (e) of resolution 32/130; 5. Reaffirms also that it is of paramount importance for the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms that Member States should undertake specific obligations through accession to or ratification of inter- national instruments in this field and that, consequently, the standard-setting work within the United Nations sys- tem in the field of human rights and the universal accept- ance and implementation of the relevant international instruments should be encouraged; 6. Emphasizes the need to create conditions at the national and international levels for the full promotion and protection of the human rights of individuals and peoples; 1. Recognizes that, in order fully to guarantee hu- man rights and complete personal dignity, it is neces- sary to guarantee the right to work, participation of workers in management, and the right to education, health and proper nourishment, through the adoption of measures at the national and international levels, in- cluding the establishment of the new international eco- nomic order; 8. Emphasizes that the right to development is a hu- man right and that equality of opportunity for develop- ment is as much a prerogative of nations as of individ- uals within nations; 9. Requests the Commission on Human Rights, at its thirty-sixth session, to consider the ~xisting human and other resources that the Division of Human Rights of the Secretariat has at its disposal for the implemen- tation of General Assembly resolutions, on the basis of complete data which the Secretary-General is requested to provide to it, and thereafter to make recommenda- tions, through the Economic and Social Council, to the Assembly at its thirty-fifth session, with a view to fur- ther improving the working of the Division; 4G See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1979, Supplement No. 6 (E/1979/36), chap. IX, sect. A. 10. Requests the Secretary-General to give, through the programme of advisory services in the field of hu- man rights, priority to the holding in 1980 of a seminar, as already decided by the Economic and Social Council in its decision 1979/30, on the effect of the present un- just international economic order on the economies of developing countries and the obstacle that this consti- tutes for the implementation of human rights and funda- mental freedoms, in particular for the right to enjoy an adequate standard of living as stated in article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 11. Requests the Secretary-General and concerned organs and bodies of the United Nations system to im- plement fully the recommendations contained in Eco- nomic and Social Council resolution 1979 /36; 12. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, tak- ing into account relevant information already available within the United Nations, and to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session a study on the nature and extent to which the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms is affected by present interna- tional conditions, with particular reference to situations resulting from apartheid, from all forms of racial dis- crimination, from colonialism, neo-colonialism and im- perialism, from policies tending to divide the world into spheres of influence, from the arms race, from foreign domination and occupation, from aggression and threats against national sovereignty, national unity and terri- torial integrity, from refusal to recognize the fundamen- tal rights of peoples to self-determination and of every nation to the exercise of full sovereignty over its wealth and natural resources, from intervention and interfer- ence in the internal affairs of States, particularly with reference to developing countries, as well as from the existence of the unjust system of international economic relations, taking also into account the conclusions of the seminar mentioned in paragraph 10 above; 13. Also requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the specialized agencies con- cerned and to all United Nations bodies that deal with human rights; 14. Further requests the Secretary-General to sub- mit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session a progress report on the implementation of the present resolution; 15. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-fifth session the item entitled "Alternative ap- proaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms". 76th plenary meeting 23 November 1979 34 / 4 7. Services of the Secretariat concerned with human rights The General Assembly, Recalling the determination of the peoples of the United Nations to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, Recalling especially that one of the most important purposes of the United Nations is to achieve interna- tional co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character, 172 General Assembly-Thirty-fourth Session ---------------------- ·--=--------------------- and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinc- tion as to race, sex, language or religion, Mindful of the important contribution which the Di- vision of Human Rights of the Secretariat has made to United Nations activities for the promotion and protection of human rights since the inception of the Organization, Believing, however, that the activities of the human rights sector of the Secretariat should be enhanced so as petter to enable it to meet the needs of the Organiza- tion and the international community, particularly after the entry into force of the International Covenants on Human Rights46 and the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apart- heid, 47 and bearing in mind policy-making decisions of the General Assembly such as resolution 32/130 of 16 December 1977, Recalling the report of the Secretary-General on or- ganizational nomenclature in the Secretariat,48 the gen- eral direction of which was endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 32/204 of 21 December 1977, 1. Requests the Secretary-General to consider the redesignation of the Division of Human Rights as a Cen- tre for Human Rights, in the light of the views expressed on the proposed redesignation at the thirty-fifth session of the Commission on Human Rights; 2. Invites the Secretary-General to ensure that ade- quate financial and other resources are allocated to the sector of the Secretariat concerned with human rights, so as to enable it to discharge its functions, in the light of the resu!ts. of the relevant study to be conducted by the Comm1ss1on on Human Rights at its thirty-sixth session in accordance with paragraph 9 of General As- sembly resolution 34/ 46 of 23 November 1979; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session on the im- plementation of the present resolution. 76th plenary meeting 23 November 1979 34/ 48. Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for the im- provement of the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms The General Assembly, Recalling that one of the purposes of the United Nations under Article 1 of the Charter is to promote and encourage respect for human rights and funda- mental freedoms as embodied in the Universal Declara- tion of Human Rights,10 Bearing in mind its resolution 33/105 of 16 Decem- ber 1978, in which it requested the Commission on Human Rights to take into account, in continuing its work on the over-all analysis of the United Nations approach to human rights, the views expressed on the various proposals during the general debate on the item at the thirty-second and thirty-third sessions of the Gen- eral Assembly, including a post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 46 Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 41 Resolution 3068 (XXVIII), annex. 48 A/C.5/32/17. 49 Resolution 217 A (Ill). Considering that the Working Group of the Commis- sion on Human Rights was nevertheless unable, in its consideration of the over-all analysis/ 0 to make a thor- ough evaluation of the proposal to create a post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Decides to consider at its thirty-fifth session the ques- tion of the creation of a post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights under the item en- titled "Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms". 76th plenary meeting 23 November 1979 34 / 49. National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 32/ 123 of 16 December 1977 and 33/46 of 14 December 1978, as well as Commission on Human Rights resolutions 23 (XXXIV) of 8 March 1978 51 and 24 (XXXV) of 14 March 1979,°" concerning national institutions for the promo- tion and protection of human rights, Recalling also that, in its resolution 34/46 of 23 November 1979, it emphasized the need to create con- ditions at the national and international levels for the full promotion and protection of the human rights of individuals and peoples, Mindful of the guidelines on the structure and func- tioning of national and local institutions for the pro- motion and protection of human rights adopted by the Seminar on National and Local Institutions for the Pro- motion and Protection of Human Rights, held at Geneva from 18 to 29 September 1978,53 and endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 33/46, Mindful also of the conclusions of the Seminar on Recourse Procedures Available to Victims of Racial Discrimination and Activities to be Undertaken at the Regional Level, held at Geneva from 9 to 20 July 1979,54 I. Invites all Member States to take appropriate steps for the establishment of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights, bearing in mind the guidelines referred to above; . 2. Emphasizes the importance of the integrity and mdependence of such national institutions, in accord- ance with national legislation; 3. Draws attention to the constructive role which national non-governmental organizations can play in the work of national institutions; 4. Requests the Secretary-General, in submitting to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session the re- port requested in paragraph 6 of Commission on Hu- man Rights resolution 24 (XXXV), to draw also upon other relevant sources, such as the reports and doc- uments of the Seminar on National and Local Insti- tutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human 50 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1979, Supplement No. 6 (E/1979/36), chap. IX, sect. A. 51 lbid., 1978, Supplement No. 4 (E/1978/34), chap. XXVI, sect. A. 62 Ibid., 1979, Supplement No. 6 (E/1979/36), chap. XXIV, sect. A. 53 See ST /HR/SER.A/2 and Add.1. 54 See ST/HR/SER.A/3.

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