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Article: Human rights issues dominate the agenda.(General Assembly 52)
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- March 22, 1998
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Human rights questions again dominated the agenda of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural), as it had in past sessions, with nearly one third of its 50 meetings devoted to these issues. Acting on the Committee's 12 reports, the General Assembly adopted 78 resolutions and decisions, 30 of which addressed a broad range of human rights issues. Other resolutions focused on social development, the advancement of women, promoting and protecting the rights of children, international drug control, crime prevention and criminal justice, the elimination of racism, as well as racial and religious discrimination, the support of refugees, indigenous peoples, the ...