Strongly condemns once again all the extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions that continue to occur throughout the world; demands that all Governments ensure that the practice of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions is brought to an end and that they take effective action to combat and eliminate the phenomenon in all its forms; urges the Special Rapporteur to continue, within his mandate, to bring to the attention of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and, as appropriate, the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, situations of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions that are of particularly serious concern or in which early action might prevent further deterioration; requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with adequate human, financial and material resources to enable him to carry out his mandate effectively, including through country visits; also requests the Secretary-General to continue, in close collaboration with the High Commissioner, in conformity with the mandate of the High Commissioner established by the General Assembly in its resolution 48/141 of 20 Dec. 1993, to ensure that personnel specialized in human rights and humanitarian law issues form part of UN missions, where appropriate, in order to deal with serious violations of human rights, such as extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.

Adopted 142-0-43, 74th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.