Effective implementation of international instruments on human rights, including reporting obligations under international instruments on human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the meetings of persons chairing the human rights treaty bodies aimed at streamlining, rationalizing and otherwise improving reporting procedures, as well as the continuing efforts in this connection by the treaty bodies and the Secretary-General; expresses its satisfaction with the study by the independent expert on possible long-term approaches to enhancing the effective operation of existing and prospective bodies established under UN instruments on human rights and requests that the report be updated for submission to the 50th session of the Commission on Human Rights and that an interim report be presented to the General Assembly at its 48th session, and be made available to the World Conference on Human Rights in June 1993; requests the Secretary-General to give high priority to establishing a computerized database to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the functioning of the treaty bodies; urges States parties to make every effort to meet their reporting obligations; calls upon all States parties to fulfil their financial obligations under the relevant instruments on human rights, and requests the Secretary-General to consider ways and means of strengthening collection procedures and making them more effective; endorses the amendments to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and requests the Secretary-General: to take the appropriate measures to provide for the financing of the committees established under those conventions from the regular budget of UN, beginning with the budget for the biennium 1994-1995; requests the Secretary-General to take appropriate steps to finance the biennial meetings of persons chairing the human rights treaty bodies from the regular budget of UN.

Adopted without vote, 89th meeting

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Adopted at the 89th plenary meeting, 16 Dec. 1992.