UNGA 63 (2008)
View list of reports and resolutions for the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly.
UNGA 63
2008 UNGA 63 Resolution on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 24, 2009. The resolution was passed in the third committee during sixty-third session of the General Assembly in November 2008, by a vote of 69 in favour, 54 against and 57 abstentions.
UNGA 63: October 2008 Report of the Secretary-General on Human Rights in Iran
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The present report, submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 62/168, is intended to reflect the broader patterns and trends in the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran on the basis of that country’s international treaty obligations and the observations made by treaty monitoring bodies and the special procedures of the Human Rights Council. While the report focuses especially of the concerns identified in the resolution, it also includes a section on economic, social and cultural rights in order to present a picture of the entire spectrum of civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.