Question of a draft Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
| Publisher | UN Commission on Human Rights |
| Author | UN Commission on Human Rights (47th sess. : 1991 : Geneva) |
| Publication Date | 6 March 1991 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | E/CN.4/RES/1991/63 |
| Reference | 47 |
| Cite as | UN Commission on Human Rights, Question of a draft Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms., 6 March 1991, E/CN.4/RES/1991/63, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f0b02c.html [accessed 23 May 2023] |
1991/63. Question of a draft declaration on the right and responsibility of individuals, groups and organs of society to Promote and Protect universally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms
The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling its decision 1984/116 of 16 March 1984, by which it established an open-ended working group to draft a declaration on the right and responsibility of individuals, groups and organs of society to promote and protect universally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms, Recalling also its subsequent resolutions, in particular resolution 1990/47 of 6 March 1990 in which it authorized further meetings of the working group and noted the progress it had achieved, Conscious of the importance of taking into account the opinions of all Member States and of interested intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, before finalizing the draft declaration, Considering that the task of the working group could be expedited if it were authorized to meet for a further session of two weeks prior to the forty-eighth session of the Commission,1. Takes note of the report of the working group (E/CN.4/1991/57), welcomes the substantial progress which the working group has made at its meetings prior to and during the forty-seventh session of the Commission, and urges the working group to complete its work as soon as possible;
2. Decides to continue at its forty-eighth session its work on the elaboration of the draft declaration;
3. Decides also to make available appropriate meeting time for the working group prior to and during the forty-eighth session of the Commission;
4. Request General to transmit the report of the working group to all Member States and relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations;
5. Decided to consider the/question at its forty-eighth session;
6. Recommends the following draft resolution to the Economic and Social Council for adoption:
[For the text, see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution VI.]
53rd meeting6 March 1991
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. XXIII.]
