The abduction of children of parents subjected to enforced disappearance or of children born during their mother’s enforced disappearance, and the act of altering or suppressing documents attesting to their true identity, shall constitute an extremely serious offence, which shall be punished as such.
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For these purposes, States shall, where appropriate, conclude bilateral and multilateral agreements.
Article 21 The provisions of the present Declaration are without prejwdice to the provisions enunciated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights or in any other international instrument, and shall not be construed as restricting or derogating from any of those provisions.
92ndpXenary meeting
18 December 1992
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umaa rights and extreme poverty The Generul Assembly,
the Universal Declaration of Human Re@rming Rights,2 the Intema~ional Covenant on Civil and Political R.ight~,~~ the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’*” and other human rights instruments
adopted by the United Nations,
Recallivzg its resolutions 441148 of 15 December 1989 and 44/212 of 22 December 1989, and other relevant resolutions,
Bewing in mind Commission on Human Rights resolution 1991/14 of 22 February 1991,36 in which the Commission drew the attention of the General Assembly to the contradiction between the existence of situations of extreme poverty and exclusion from society, which must be overcome, and the duty to guarantee the full enjoyment of human rights,
Recalling its resolution 451199 of 21 December 1990, in which it proclaimed the Fourth United Nations Develop ment Decade, the main concerns of which are the search for a significant reduction of extreme poverty and the joint responsibility of all countries,
Recognizing that extreme poverty is a violation of human dignity and might, in some situations, constitute a threat to the right to life,
Deeply concerned that extreme poverty continues to spread irk all countries of the world, regardless of their economic, social and cultural situation, and seriously affects the most vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals, families and groups, who are thus hindered in the exercise of their human rights and their fundamental freedoms+ &?~s&g the need for a complete and in-depth study of extreme poverty, based on the experience and the thoughts of the poorest,
Taking note with satisfaction, in that regard, of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1992/l 1 of 21 February 1992j7 and resolution 1992/27 of 27 August 1992 of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,183 in which the Subcortunission designated Mr. L&an&o Despouy as Special Rapporteur on this question,
Recognizing that the elimination of widespread poverty and the full enjoyment of economic, social and cultnral rights are interrelated goals,
Recognking also that the grave suffering of the vast majority of human beings who live in conditions of extreme poverty requires the immediate attention of the international community and the adoption of specific measures to eliminate extreme poverty and exclusion from society,
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ReuJirms that extreme poverty and exclusion from society constitute a violation of human dignity and that urgent national and international action is therefore required to eliminate them;
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Erprmes its satisfaction that the Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution 1992/l 1, quested the Subcommission on Pmvetltion of Discrimination and PWection of Minorities to undertake a study of extreme poverty and, in particular, of the following aspects: the effects of extreme poverty on the enjoyment and exercise of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of those experiencing it; the efforts ofthe poorest to achieve the exercise of those rights and to participate fully in the development of the society in which they live; the conditions in which the poorest may effectively convey their experience and their thoughts and become partners in the realisation of human rights; and the means of ensuring a better understanding of the experience and thoughts of the poorest and of the persons working with them;
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Again calls uponStates, the specialized agencies, United Nations bodies and other international organizations, including intergovernmental organisations, to give the necessary attention to this problem;
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Notes with appreciation the specific measures taken by the United Nations Children’s Fund to mitigate the effects of extreme poverty on children and the efforts of the United Nations Development Programme to give priority to the search for some means of alleviating poverty within the framework of the relevant resolutions;
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Ikcia’es to consider this question fbrther at its fortyninth session under the subitem entitled “Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms”.
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