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Further promotion and encouragement of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the question of the programme and methods of work of the Commission ; alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms : question of the establishment of a post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

E/CN.4/RES/1983/49 · 1983-03-10 · Commission on Human Rights

Symbol
E/CN.4/RES/1983/49
Date
1983-03-10
Body
Commission on Human Rights
Outcome
Adopted by recorded vote: 24 Yes, 11 No, 7 abstentions
Subject
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Agenda item
Further promotion and encouragement of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the question of the programme and methods of work of the Commission ; alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms

Sources: OHCHR record

Yes (24)

AustraliaBangladeshBrazilCanadaChinaColombiaCosta RicaFinlandFranceGambiaGermany (FRG)GhanaIrelandItalyJapanJordanNetherlandsPhilippinesSenegalTanzaniaTogoUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguay

No (11)

ArgentinaBulgariaCubaIndiaLibyaNicaraguaPakistanPolandSoviet UnionUkraineYugoslavia

Abstained (7)

CyprusDR CongoMexicoMozambiqueRwandaUgandaZimbabwe

Absent or not participating (1)

Fiji

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