A/RES/42/140 GA

230 General Assembly-Fort)'-second Session tary-General and the High Commiss1oner in the im- plementation of huma11itaria11 programmes of assistance for the student refugees III sout hern A frica; 10. Request.1 the High Cornmissioncr, in co-operation with the Secretary-General, to co11ti11ue to kecp the rnatter under review, to apprise the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session ol 1988, of thc curren! status ofthe programmes and to report to the General Assembly at its forty-third session 011 rhe impkmentation of the present resolution. (J3rd plenary meeting 7 D<'Cemher 1987 42/139. Assistance to displaced persons in Ethiopia The General Assembly, Recalling ali its resolut1011s. 111 particular resolution 41/141 of 4 December 1986. as wcll as al] those of the Economic and Social Council. on as,istam:e to displaced persons in Ethiopia, Taking note ofthe report ofthc Sccrctary-General on as- sistance to displaced persons 111 Et hiopia, 161 Having considered thc report of the l '111ted Nation~ High Commissioner for Refugees. IOQ Recognizing the increasmg 11urnhn of \oluntary retur- nees and refugees in Et hiopia. Deeply concerned at the situatio11 of displaced persons and voluntary returnees in the countrv. which has been aggravated by the dcvastating dl'ect ·of the prolongcd drought, Aware of the heavy burden placed 011 t he Ciovernment of Ethiopia and of the nccd for adequate assistance to dis- placed persons and vietims of natural disastcrs. as \\ ell as to voluntary returnees and relügecs. l. Commends the Ollice ot the Unttcd Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and international organiza, tions and voluntary agencies for their assistance to refu gees and voluntary retumecs in Ethiopia. _2 .. Appeals to Mernber States ami to mtcrnational orga mzattons and voluntary agencies to provide Ethiopia with adequate material, financia! and technical assistance in ar- der to carry out relief and rchabilitation programmcs for displaced persons, voluntary rcturnees and refugees; 3, Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for R~fug,ees to continuc his clforts in mobilizing humanttanan ass1stance for the relief, rchabilitation and re~ettlement of volu11tary r l'I 11111ees :llld refugees in Ethi opta; ~- Requ~sls the Secrctary Cieneral, 111 co-operation w1th the Htgh Cornmissioner, !() apprise the Economic and Social Council, at its sccond regular session of 1988, of the implernentation of the present resolution and to re por~ thereon to the General /\ssembly at its forty-third sesston. 161 A/42/499 <J3rd r!c•1w~· 111,·e1111g • ., 1 i; ,c1,1h, 1 ! Wil 42/140. Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers l'he General A \semhly, Reafjirming once more the permanent validity of the principies and standards set forth in the basic instruments regarding the international protection ofhuman rights, in particular in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 2 the International Covenants on Human Rights, 13 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination3 and the Convention on the Elimination nf Ali Forms of Discrimination against Women, 52 Bearing in mind the principies and standards established within the framework ofthe International Labour Organi- sation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the importance ofthe task car- ried out in connection with migrant workers and their families in other specialized agencies and in various or- gans of the United Nations, Reiterating that. in spite of the existence of an already established body of principies and standards, there is a need to make further efforts to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of ali migrant work- ers and their families. Recalling its resolution 34/ 172 of 17 December 1979, in which it decided to establish a working group open to ali Member States to elaborate an international convention 011 the protection of the rights of ali migran! workers and their families, Recalling also its resolutions 35/198 of 15 December 1980, 36/160 of 16 December 1981, 37/170 of 17 Decem- ber 1982, 38/86 of 16December 1983, 39/102 of 14 December 1984, 40/130 of 13 December 1985 and 41/151 of4 December 1986, in which it renewed the man- date of the Working Group on the Drafting of an Interna- tional Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Ali Migrant Workers and Their Families and requested it to nmtinLJe its work. Having examined the progress made by the Working Group at its sixth inter-sessional meeting, held from 1 to 12 June 1987, and at the curren! session of the General Assembly, from 22 September to 2 October 1987, during which the Group continued with the second reading ofthe draft convention, I, Takes note with satisfaction of the two most rccent reports ofthe Working Group on the Drafting of an Inter- national Convention on the Protection ofthe Rights of Ali Migrant Workers and Their Families 162 and, in particular, of the progress made by the Working Group on the draft- 1ng, in second reading, of the draft convention; 2. Decides that, in order to enable it to complete its task as soon as possible, the Working Group shall again hold an inter-sessional meeting of two weeks' duration in New York, immediately after the first regular session of 1 g88 of the Econornic and Social Council; .'\. Invites the Secretary-General to transmit to Gov- a:rnments the tw(> most recent reports of the Working Group so as to enable the members of the Group to con- rmue the drafting, in second reading, of the draft conven- tion during the inter-sessional meeting to be held in the ,pring of 1988. as well as to transmit the results obtained ti that meeting to 1 he General Assembly for consideration -luring its forty-tlmd ,ession; V l. Resolutions adopted on the report~ of the Thi_~d Comm_i_!ICt' 231 4. A/so inviles the Secrctary-Gcneral to tran~mit the above-mentioned documents to the competen! organs of the llnited Nations and to the international organizations concerned, for their information, so as to enable them to continue their co-operation with the Working Group; 5. Decides that the Working Group shall meet during the forty-third session of the General Assembly, prcfera- bly at the beginning ofthe session, to continue the second reading of the draft international convent1011 on t~e pro- tection ofthe rights ofall migran! workers and the1r fam1- lies; 6. Requests the Secretary-Ueneral to do everything possible to ensure adequate Secretariat service~ for the Working Group for thc timely fulfilment of its mandate, both at its inter-sessional meeting to he held after the first regular session of 1988 of t he Econornic ami Social Coun- cil and during the forty-third ,cssion of thc General As- sembly. 93rd plenary meeting 7 December 1987 42/141. Summary or arbitrary cxccutions The General Assembly, Recalling the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,2 in which it is stated that every human be- ing has the right to life, liberty and ~ecurity of person, Having regard to the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, u in which it is stated that every human being has the inherent right to life, that this right shall be protected by law and that no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life, Recalling a/so its resolution 34/ 175 of 17 December 1979, in which it reaffirmed that mass and tlagrant viola- tions of human rights are of special concern to the Umted Nations and urged the Commission on Human Rights to take timely and etfective action in existing and future cases of mass and flagran! violations of human rights, Recalling further its resolution 36/22 of 9 November 1981, in which it condemned the practice of summary or arbitrary executions, and its resolutions 37 /182 of 17 December 1982, 38/96 of 16 December JCJ83, 39/110 of 14 December 1984, 40/143 of 13 December 1CJ85 and 41/144 of 4 December 1986, Deep/y alarmed at the continued occurrence on a large scale ofsummary or arbitrary execution<;, including extra- legal execu tions, Reca/ling resolution 1982/ 13 of 7 September 1982 of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 163 in which the Sub-Commission recommended that effective measures should be adopted to prevent the occurrence of summary or arhitrary execu- tions, Welcoming Economic and Social Council resolution 1984/50 of25 May 1984 and the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of thosc facing the death penalty annexed thereto, which resolution was endorsed by the Se- venth United Nation, Congress (lll the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offender, in its resoluti011 15,1 64 as well as the ongoing work on surnmary or arbi- to3 See E/CN.4/19~1;4 l'iC'\J -tSut, 2. J<iX2 4\ :ind (\,11 l. chap. XXI, sect. A. 164 See Seventh United Nations Co11gress on the Preventw11 of Crime and the Treatment of OJ}enders. Milan. 26 Aug11.11-6 Sepleml,er 1985 report prepared by the Sccretariat (l11111cd Nalllins puhlic-atÍ<ln. 'iales No F.86.IV \). d1ar 1 ·,,-ct. l trary executions within the Committee on Crime Preven- tion and Control, Recognizing the need for closer co-ope~ation betw~en the Centre for Human Rights and the Cnme Prevent1011 and Criminal Justice Branch of the Centre for Social De- velopment and Humanitarian Affairs_ of the Secretari'.1t and the Committee on Crime Prevent10n and Control m efforh to bring an end to summary or arbitrary executions, Convinced of the need for appropriate action to combat arnl eventually eliminate the abhorrent practice of sum- mary <1r arbitrary executions, which repres~nts a flag~ant violat1011 of the most fundamental human nght, the nght to lifr. 1. Once again strungly condemns the large number of summary or arbitrary executions, including extra-legal executions, that continue to take place in various parts of the \\orle!; 2. Demands that the practice of summary or arbitrary executions be brought to an end; ]_ Welcomes Economic and Social Council resolution 1982, J5 of 7 May 1982, in which the Council decided to apprnnt for one year a special rapporteur to consi?er the 4ucst1ons related to summary or arb1trary executlons; 4. A/so welcomes Economic and Social Council resolu- tion 1987/60 of 29 May 1987, in which the Council de- cided to continue the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. S. A. Wako, for a further year and requested the Commission on Human Rights to consider the que~tion of sumrnary or arbitrary executions as a matter of h1gh pn- ority at its forty-fourth session; 'í. L:rges ali Governments and ali others concerned to co-opcrate with and assist the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights in order that he may carry nut his mandate effectivcly; b. Requesls the Special Rapporteur, in carrying out his mandatc, to respond effectively to information that comes before him, in particular when a summary or arbitrary execution is imminent or threatened, or when such anexe- cutÍ<•n has recently occurred; 7. Welcomes the recommendations made by the Spe- cial Rapporteur in his report 165 to the Commission on Hu- man Rights at its forty-third session with a view to elimi- natlllg summary or arbitrary executions; 8 Endorses the recommendation of the Special Rap- porteur 011 the need to develop international standards d~- signed to ensure etfective legislation and other domestlc measures so that proper investigations are conducted by apprnpriate authorities into ali cases of suspicious death, including provisions for adequate autopsy; 9. / nviles the Special Rapporteur to continue to receive information from appropriate United Nations bodies and other international organizations and to examine the ele- ments to be included in such standards and to report to the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-fourth session on progress made in this respect; 10. Considers that the Special Rapporteur, in carrying out his mandate, should continue to seek and receive in- formation from Govemments, United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, regional intergovernmental organi- zati,ms and non-governmental organizations in consulta- tive status with the Economic and Social Council; 11. Rcquests the Secretary-General to continue to pro- vide ali necessarv assistance to the Special Rapporteur so that he may eff¡ctively carry out his mandate;

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