A/RES/74/163 GA

United Nations A/RES/74/163 General Assembly Distr.: General 16 January 2020 19-22291 (E) 200120 *1922291* Seventy-fourth session Agenda item 70 (b) Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2019 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/74/399/Add.2)] 74/163. United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region The General Assembly, Guided by the fundamental and universal principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 Recalling the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of 1993, 2 which reiterated the need to consider the possibility of establishing regional and subregional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights where they do not already exist, Recalling also its resolutions 32/127 of 16 December 1977 and 51/102 of 12 December 1996 and all its subsequent resolutions concerning regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights, Recalling further its resolutions 60/153 of 16 December 2005, 67/162 of 20 December 2012, 68/241 of 27 December 2013, 69/171 of 18 December 2014, 70/171 of 17 December 2015 and 72/166 of 19 December 2017 on the United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region, Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolution 1993/51 of 9 March 1993 3 and all its subsequent resolutions concerning regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights, __________________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). 2 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. 3 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1993, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/1993/23, E/1993/23/Corr.2, E/1993/23/Corr.4 and E/1993/23/Corr.5), chap. II, sect. A. A/RES/74/163 United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region 19-22291 2/2 Reaffirming that regional cooperation plays a fundamental role in promoting and protecting human rights and should reinforce universal human rights, as contained in international human rights instruments, and their protection, Recognizing that the Centre has made noticeable progress in the promotion of human rights and advocacy in the region and will continue to strengthen its effectiveness and efficiency in responding to ongoing and emerging needs and will enhance its capacity-building and technical assistance, in particular in countries in conflict and post-conflict countries, Mindful of the vastness and the diversity of the needs in the field of human rights within South-West Asia and the Arab region, and taking into account the need for appropriate and sustainable funding of the Centre to fully realize its significant function and crucial role in the region, 1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General;4 2. Notes with appreciation the successful assistance that the United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region has provided through human rights capacity-building activities, technical assistance programmes and training programmes on human rights and media and human rights education, as well as support to national human rights institutions on several human rights topics, and notes that the Centre also provided capacity-building activities in the areas of civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights, such as on freedoms of opinion and expression, countering hate speech and incitement to discrimination, and preventing violent extremism; 3. Also notes with appreciation the Centre’s full commitment to ensuring greater effectiveness and efficiency in the implementation of its mandate; 4. Welcomes the expansion of the Centre’s outreach to the League of Arab States and additional countries in the region, as well as to a growing number of beneficiaries, including youth; 5. Also welcomes the Centre’s efforts to reinforce its documentation mandate and its production of several publications on human rights issues in Arabic; 6. Underlines the Centre’s role as a source for regional expertise and the need to meet an increasing number of requests for training and documentation, including in Arabic; 7. Notes that the increasing demand that has been placed on the Centre by Member States and other stakeholders reveals a growing recognition of its role and impact on strengthening human rights capacities in the region; 8. Encourages the continued engagement of the Centre to work with other United Nations regional offices to strengthen its work and to avoid duplication; 9. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session a report, in accordance with existing rules and procedures, on the implementation of the present resolution. 50th plenary meeting 18 December 2019 __________________ 4 A/74/262.

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