Human Rights and Scientific and Technological Developments

A/RES/3268(XXIX)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1975.

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25 documents · 1969–1991

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1991	A/RES/45/93	Human rights and scientific and technological developments	—	–
1991	A/RES/45/92	Human rights and scientific and technological developments	—	–
1990	A/RES/44/134	Human rights and scientific and technological developments	—	–
1990	A/RES/44/133	Human rights and scientific and technological developments	—	–
1989	A/RES/43/110	Human rights and scientific and technological developments	616	–

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Human Rights Advancement Report Preparation Science and Technology Standards

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Considers, while acknowledging the indispensable role of science and technology for developmen~, t~at it is necessary, on the one hand, to ensure that sc•e~ufic and technological developments are not used m a manner contrary to the principies of international law and, on the other hand, to protect human_ ri~hts and fundamental freedoms in situations of sc1enhfic and technological development, taking into accou_nt the political, economic and social context of the d1fferent countries considered;

Draws the attention of States to the advantages which may be derived from the elaboration and adoption, by the competent ~ational ~uth<;>rities, of meas~res designed to adapt nat1onal legislat1on and pract1ces, wbere appropriate, not only to take account of _new technology but also to safeguard the fund~me_ntal ~1ghts of the individual and of g•roups or orgamzat1ons m all sectors of social life, and invites Governments which already have experience in this field to transmit to the Secretary-General the information available to them;

Draws the attention of the Economic and Social Council and the · Commission on Human Rights to the importance of collecting qualified opinions in the study of such problems, particularly with regard to a code of ethics, and requests them to take the necessary measures for the implementation of the present resolution in liaison, in particular, with the Committee on Science and Technology for Development and the Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology to Development, which are i~vited to follow these problems as a whole at regular mtervals;

Requests the Secretary-General to invite the specialized agencies1 in particular the Uni~ed .Nations Educational, Scient1fic and Cultural Orgamzat1on, thc Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations the International Labour Organisation and the World H'ealth OrPanization, to go into ¡!reater detail in the studies which they are pursuing and to consider the preparation of. recommendat\on_s con~erning intcrnational standards m the areas w1thm the1r compctence which fall within the purview of the present ·resolution,

~8 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Cnuncil, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No . .5 (E/5464), chap. XIX.

:,u See A/9645.

with a view to facilitating the Secretary-General's task in the elaboration of the report on the subject which he is to subm.it to the General Assembly at its thirtieth session;

Requests the Commission on Human Rights to draw up a programme of work taking into account the reports of the Secretary-General, the reJ>!ies of Governments and other relevant sources, w1th a view to undertaking in particular the formulation of standards in the areas which would appear to be sufficiently analysed, without prejudice to other activities carried out pursuant to the above-mentioned resolutions, and to transmit that programme to the &:onomic and Social Council at its sixtieth session;

Invites the organs referred to in paragraph 2 of Economic and Social Council resolution 1897 (LVII) of 1 August 1974, in the event that it is decided to convene a further United Nations conference on science and technology, to take into consideration, in their preparatory work, the question of promoting human rights.

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