International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Welcomes the adoption on 20 Dec. 2006 of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and looks forward to its entry into force at an early date; also welcomes the fact that since the signing ceremony for the Convention, on 6 Feb. 2007, 80 States have signed the Convention and 7 have ratified it, and calls upon States which have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying the Convention as a matter of priority, as well as to consider the option provided for in articles 31 and 32 of the Convention regarding the Committee on Enforced Disappearances; requests the Secretary-General and the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights to intensify efforts to assist States to become parties to the Convention, with a view to achieving universal adherence; requests UN agencies and organizations, and invites intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, to continue undertaking efforts to disseminate information on the Convention, to promote understanding of it, to prepare for its entry into force and to assist States parties in implementing their obligations under this instrument.

Adopted without vote, 70th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 63rd sess., Suppl. no. 49.