Development of the Work of the United Nations for Wider Observance of, and Respect for, Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Throughout the World

A/RES/739(VIII)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1954.

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2 subjects

Human Rights Advancement Treaties

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Requests the Economic and Social Council to ask the Commission on Human Rights:

To consider, at its tenth session, the three draft resolutions concerning the development of the work of the United Nations for wider observance of, and respect for, human rights and fundamental fr~edoms throughout the world, and to prepare, if possible, to supplement the provisions of the Covenants on Human Rights, recommendations thereon, in order that these recommendations may be considered by the Economic and Social Council at its eighteenth session;

( b) To take account, at its tenth session, of the comments made by Member States and specialized agencies and of the views expressed on this subject at the eighth session of the General Assembly.

28 November 1953.

740 (VIII). Evidence of existence of forced labour

Affirms the importance which it attaches to the abolition of all systems of forced or "corrective" labour, whether employed as a means o~ politi~a! coer_cion or punishment for holding or expressmg political views or on such a scale as to constitute an important element in the economy of a country ;

Invites the Economic and Social Council and the International Labour Organisation, as a matter of urgency, to give early consideration to the report_ of the Ad H oc Committee on Forced Labour at their next sessions with this aim in view ;

Requests the Secretary-General to consult with governments which have not yet found it possible to provide information in response to the Ad Ho~ Committee's request to the effect that they submit such information before the seventeenth session of the Economic and Social Council so that these replies may be brought to the attention of the Council;

Requests the Economic and Social Council to report on forced labour to the General Assembly at its ninth session.

7 December 1953.

741 (VIIl). Measures for the peaceful solution of the problem of prisoners of war

N ates with satisfaction that some progress has taken place in the repatriation of prisoners of war in the course of the last two years, and expresses the hope that those governments and Red Cross Societies which have contributed to that progress will continue their efforts;

Reiterates its grave and continuing concern at the evidence that large numbers of prisoners taken in the course of the Second ·world \Var have not yet been repatriated or otherwise accounted for;

12 Sec clocnrncnt A/2-t~2.

11 See Treaty Series, Treaties and internatio11al agre,·111ents registered or filed and recordrd ,('ifh thr Sc:'rrtariat ,, f the L·nitcd Nations, \'olurnc 75, 19.50, '.\'o. l)72, page 13.i.

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740 (VIII). Evidence of existence of forced labour

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