Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1998
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SignaturaA/RES/53/135
TítuloUse of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination
AccesoEnglish: A_RES_53_135-EN - PDF ; Español: A_RES_53_135-ES - PDF ; Français: A_RES_53_135-FR - PDF ; Русский: A_RES_53_135-RU - PDF ; العربية: A_RES_53_135-AR - PDF ; 中文: A_RES_53_135-ZH - PDF ;
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Reaffirms that the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries are causes for grave concern to all States and violate the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of UN; urges all States to take the necessary steps to take the necessary legislative measures to ensure that their territories and other territories under their control are not used for the recruitment, assembly, financing, training and transit of mercenaries; calls upon all States that have not yet done so to consider taking the necessary action to sign or to ratify the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries; also welcomes the adoption by some States of national legislation that restricts the recruitment, assembly, financing, training and transit of mercenaries; invites States to investigate the possibility of mercenary involvement whenever criminal acts of a terrorist nature occur on their territories; urges all States to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the fulfilment of his mandate; requests the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to publicize the adverse effects of the activities of mercenaries on the right to self-determination; requests the Secretary-General to invite Governments to make proposals towards a clearer legal definition of mercenaries.
Nota sobre el evento1998-12-09
Resúmen de la votación
Adopted 115-18-35, 85th meeting
ProyectoA/C.3/53/L.17
Informe del ComitéA/53/624
Acta de la sesión
A/53/PV.85
Información del programaA/53/251 109 Right of peoples to self-determination. SELF-DETERMINATION OF PEOPLES--HUMAN RIGHTS
Fecha[New York] : UN, 1 Mar. 1999
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3 p.
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Adopted at the 85th plenary meeting, 9 Dec. 1998.