Draft Code of Medical Ethics

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 82cDraft Code of Medical Ethics, published in 1981.

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3 versions · 1980–1982

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3 topics

Medical Ethics Principles Prisoner Treatment

What does this mandate say?

20 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the constructive work undertaken by the open-ended working group which has been established to elaborate a final version of the draft Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, which task, however, it has not been able to conclude;

Decides to refer to its thirty-sixth session the draft Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, for consideration by the Sixth Committee:

Decides to establish, at its thirty-sixth session, an open-ended working group with the intention of concluding the consideration of the draft Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, with a view to its adoption by the General Assembly.

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Welcomes Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/32 of 2 May 1980, by which the Council authorized an open-ended working group of the Commission on Human Rights to meet for a period of one week prior to the thirty-seventh session of the Commission to complete the work on a draft convention against torture

•• E/CN.4/1296, para. 109; see also A/35/401, annex.

" Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

"See A/CONF.87/14/Rev.l, part one. chap. I. sect. B. and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment:

Requests the Commission on Human Rights to complete as a matter of urgency, at its thirty-seventh session, the drafting of a convention on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, with a view to submitting a draft, including provisions for the effective implementation of the future convention, to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session:

Requests the Secretary-General to forward the replies submitted by Governments of States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to the questionnaire on torture to the Human Rights Committee for the use of Committee members when dealing with questions relating ~o torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment:

Invites Member Statt.s which have not yet done so to deposit the unilateral declarations with the Secretary- General, as called for under General Assembly resolutions 32/64 of 8 December I 977 and 33/ 178 of 20 December 1978;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-sixth session the item entitled "Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment".

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Requests the Secretary-General to renew his request for comments and suggestions on the draft Code of Medical Ethics to Member States, the specialized agencies concerned, interested intergovernmental organizations and interested non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council which have not yet responded to his earlier note, and to submit a revised report to the Economic and Social Council at its first regular session of 1981 and to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session:

"'" A/35/372 and Add.1-3.

Invites those Member States which have not yet done so to submit their comments and suggestions on the draft Code;

Requests the Economic and Social Council to consider the draft Code at its first regular session of 1981, taking into account the comments and recommendations submitted, with a view to presenting it to the General Assembly for adoption at the thirty-sixth session;

Invites Member States to take an active part in the future deliberations on the draft Code;

Decides to consider again the question of the draft Code of Medical Ethics at its thirty-sixth session under the item entitled "Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment".

35/180. Assistance to refugees in Somalia

Commends the Secretary-General for taking steps to promote continued and concerted international action to assist the Government of Somalia to provide relief aid for the refugees;

Takes note with appreciation of the efforts undertaken by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to provide humanitarian assistance to the refugees in Somalia;

Takes note of the measures which the Government of Somalia is taking in order to provide shelter, food and other services to the refugees in Somalia;

Endorses the appeal of the Secretary-General of 11 February 1980 and the appeals launched by the High Commissioner, the United Nations Children's Fund and the World Food Programme for urgent international assistance to help the Government of Somalia to provide the necessary care and attention to the refugees;

Endorses also the appeal of the Economic and Social Council to all Member States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and all voluntary agencies to increase further their assistance to the Government of Somalia and to the various refugee programmes sponsored by the Office of the High Commissioner so as to ensure the adequate and continuous provision of emergency relief and humanitarian assistance to refugees in Somalia;

Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the High Commissioner, to dispatch a mission to Somalia to make a comprehensive review of the refugee situatitm in that country in the light of developments since the publication of the report of the interagency mission which visited Somalia in December 1979:

Further requests the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the High Commissioner, to arrange for the report of the review mission to be circulated as soon as it is published, so that the international community may have an updated report on the condition of the refugees in Somalia and an assessment of their over-all needs, including measures for strengthening the social and economic infrastructure of the country;

Requests the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to continue their efforts to mobilize humanitarian assistance for the relief and rehabilitation of the refugees in Somalia:

Urges Member States, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank and intergovernmental and financial institutions to assist Somalia in strengthening its social and economic infrastructure so that essential services and facilities can be strengthened and expanded:

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Requests the Secretary-General. in co-operation with the High Commissioner, to submit the report of the

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