Use of Mercenaries as a Means to Violate Human Rights and to Impede the Exercise of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 88Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights, published in 1987.

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9 versions · 1987–1995

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/49/150

1995A/RES/49/150Use of mercenaries as a means to violate human rights and to impede the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determinationLatestCompare with previous version
1994A/RES/48/92Use of mercenaries as a means to violate human rights and to impede the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determinationCompare with previous version
1993A/RES/47/84Use of mercenaries as a means to violate human rights and to impede the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determinationCompare with previous version
1992A/RES/46/89Use of mercenaries as a means to violate human rights and to impede the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determinationCompare with previous version
1991A/RES/45/132Use of mercenaries as a means to violate human rights and to impede the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determinationCompare with previous version

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What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics

Central America Humanitarian Assistance Mercenaries Self-Determination of Peoples Southern Africa Special Rapporteurs

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7 operative paragraphs

Condemns the increased recruitment, financing, training, assembly, transit and use of mercenaries, as well as ali other forms of support to mercenaries for the purpose of destabilizing and overthrowing the Governments of southern Africa and Central America and of other developing States and fighting against the national liberation movements of peoples struggling for the exercise of their right to self-determination;

Denounces any State that persists in the recruitment, or permits or tolerates the recruitment, of mercenaries and provides facilities to them for launching armed aggression against other States;

Calls upan ali States to exercise the utmost vigilance against the menace posed by the activities of mercenaries and to ensure, by both administrative and legislative measures, that the territory of those States and other territories under their control, as well as their nationals, are not used for the recruitment, assembly, financing, training and transit of mercenaries, or the planning of such activities designed to destabilize or overthrow the Government of any State and to fight the national liberation movements struggling against racism, apartheid, colonial domination and foreign intervention and occupation for their independence, territorial integrity and national unity;

Urges ali States to take the necessary measures under their respective domestic laws to prohibit the recruitment, financing, training and transit of mercenaries on their territory;

Calls upan all States to extend humanitarian assistance to victims of situations resulting from the use of mercenaries, as well as from colonial or alien domination or foreign occupation;

Takes note of Economic and Social Council resolution 1986/43, in which the Council urged the Commission on Human Rights to appoint a special rapporteur on this subject with a view to preparing a report for consideration at the forty-fourth session of the Commission;

Decides to pay due attention to the matter at its forty-second session under the item entitled "lmportance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to selfdetermination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observan ce of human rights".

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