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174 General Assembly-Forty-ftrst Session United Nations information centres, as well as by other in- terested bodies; 10. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to continue its consideration of measures to implement the Declaration and to report, through the Economic and So- cial Council, to the General Assembly at its forty-second session; 11. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-second session the item entitled "Elimination of ali forms of religious intolerance" and to consider the report of the Commission on Human Rights under that item. 97th plenary meeting 4 December 1986 41/113. Human rights and use of scientiflc and techno- logical developments The General Assembly, Reaffirming the determination of the peoples of the United Nations to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to reaffirm faith in the dignity and worth of the human person, to maintain international peace and security and to develop friendly relations among peoples and international co-operation in promoting and en- couraging universal respect for human rights and funda- mental freedoms, Recallingthe relevant provisions ofthe Universal Decla- ration of Human Rights,2 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights22 and the Interna- tional Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,22 Recalling also the Charter of Economic Rights and Du- ties of States65 and the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Eco- nomic Order,66 Recalling further the Declaration on the Strengthening of Intemational Security,67 the Declaration on the Use of Scientific and Technological Progress in the Interests of Peace and for the Benefit of Mankind68 and the Declara- tion on the Right of Peoples to Peace, 69 as well as other relevant resolutions and decisions of the United Nations, Bearing in mind that, in its resolution 38/75 of 15 December 1983, the General Assembly resolutely, un- conditionally and for ali time condemned nuclear war as being contrary to human conscience and reason, as the most monstrous crime against peoples andas a violation of the foremost human right - the right to life, Recalling its resolutions 37/189 A of 18 December 1982, 38/113 of 16 December 1983, 39/134 of 14 Decem- ber 1984 and 40/111 of 13 December 1985, Taking note with appreciation ofCommission on Human Rights resolutions 1982/7 of 19 February 1982,27 1983/43 of9 March 1983,28 1984/28 of 12 March 1984,29 1986/10 of 10 March 198631 and 1986/29 of 11 March 1986,31 Convinced that ali rights and freedoms, as well as ali material goods and spiritual wealth that both man and na- tions possess, have a common foundation -the right to life, 1. Reaffirms that all peoples and ali individuals have an inherent right to life and that the safeguarding of this cardinal right is an essential condition for the enjoyment 65 Resolution 3281 (XXIX). 66 Resolutions 3201 (S-VJ) and 3202 (S-V 1). 67 Resolution 2734 (XXV). 68 Resolt1tion 3384 (XXX). 6° P ·,,,lution 39/11, annex. ofthe en tire range of economic, social and cultural, as well as civil and political, rights; 2. Stresses once again the urgent need for the interna- tional community to make every effort to strengthen peace, remove the growing threat of war, particularly nu- clear war, halt the arms race and achieve general and com- plete disarmament under effective intemational control and prevent violations of the principies of the Charter of the United Nations regarding the sovereignty and ter- ritorial integrity of States and the self-determination of peoples, thus contributing to ensuring the right to life; 3. Stresses further the foremost importance of the im- plementation of practical measures of disarmament for releasing substantial additional resources, which should be utilized for social and economic development, particu- larly for the benefit of the developing countries; 4. Calls upon all States, appropriate United Nations bodies, specialized agencies and intergovemmental and non-governmental organizations concerned to take the necessary measures to ensure that the results of scientific and technological progress are used exclusively in the in- terests of international peace, for the benefit of mankind and for promoting and encouraging universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms; 5. Again calls upon ali States that have not yet done so to take effective measures with a view to prohibiting, in ac- cordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, any propaganda for war, in particular the formulation, propounding and dissemination of and propaganda for doctrines and concepts aimed at unleash- ing nuclear war; 6. Looksforward to further efforts by the Commission on Human Rights to ensure the inherent right of all peo- ples and ali individuals to life; 1. Decides to consider this question at its forty-second session under the ítem entitled "Human rights and scien- tific and technological developments". 97th plenary meeting 4 December 1986 41/114. Implications of scientific and technological de- velopments for human rights The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 33/53 of 14 December 1978, in which it requested the Commission on Human Rights to urge the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimina- tion and Protection ofMinorities to undertake, as a matter of priority, a study of the question of the protection of those detained on the grounds of mental ill-health, with a view to formulating guidelines, Recalling also its resolution 40/ 110 of 13 December 1985, in which it again urged the Commission on Human Rights and the Sub-Commission to expedite their consid- eration of this question, so that the Commission could submit its views and recommendations, including a draft body of guidelines, principies and guarantees, to the Gen- eral Assembly at its forty-second session, through the Eco- nomic and Social Council, Endorsing Commission on Human Rights resolution 1986/12 of 10 March 1986,31 Expressing deep concern at the repeated evidence of the misuse of psychiatry to detain persons on non-medical grounds, as reflected in the report of the Special Rappor- teur of the Sub-Commission,10 10 E/CN.4/Sub.2/1983/17

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