Encourages all Member States to take appropriate steps for the establishment or, where they already exist, the strengthening of national institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights; draws attention to the constructive role that national non-governmental organizations can play in the work of such national institutions; welcomes and encourages the efforts of the Secretary-General to prepare and submit to the General Assembly, through the Commission on Human Rights and the Economic and Social Council, a consolidated report, for eventual publication as a UN handbook, on national institutions for the use of Governments, including information on the various types and models of national and local institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights, taking into account differing social and legal systems.

Adopted without vote, 116th plenary meeting

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Adopted at the 116th plenary meeting, 13 Dec. 1985.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 40th session, 17 September-18 December 1985, 28 April-9 May and 20 June 1986. - A/40/53. - 1986. - p. 238-239. - (GAOR, 40th sess., Suppl. no. 53).