Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa

A/RES/78/235View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 71b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2023.

What other versions does this mandate have?

16 versions · 2002–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/212

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/212	Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa	1,139	96%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/235	Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa	1,140	76%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/171	Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa	985	84%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/162	Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa	915	89%Compare
2018	A/RES/72/187	Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa	873	86%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

14 reports · 2004–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/297	Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/235
2023	A/78/298	Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/171
2021	A/76/253	Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/162
2019	A/74/460	Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/187
2017	A/72/518	Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/167

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Central Africa Democracy Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Institutions Regional Cooperation

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the activities of the Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa at Yaoundé;

Notes with satisfaction the support provided to the Centre by the host country;

Also notes with satisfaction the increasing activities of the Centre and the improved cooperation between the Centre and the States members of the Economic Community of Central African States, and in this regard encourages the Centre, in delivering and reporting its activities, to give equal consideration to all of the countries covered and to all human rights, including civil and political as well as economic, social and cultural rights;

Encourages the Centre to take into account the requested activities, needs and demands of the countries of the subregion in the implementation of the strategic thematic priorities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights;

Notes with satisfaction the engagement of the Centre in the area of human rights in development and in the economic sphere, through advocacy and the provision of guidance to States, private sector companies and businesses in the subregion, with a view to strengthening commitments to protect and/or respect human rights, and encourages the Centre to increase its support in this field;

Requests the Centre to enhance its work, within its mandate, in order to effectively assist all countries in Central Africa in promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights and addressing inequalities, bearing in mind that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated;

Encourages the Centre to continue to strengthen its cooperation and invest in relations with subregional organizations and bodies, including the African Union, the Economic Community of Central African States, the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa and the United Nations country teams, as well as with the peacekeeping missions of the subregion;

Encourages the Regional Representative and Director of the Centre to continue to hold regular briefings for the ambassadors of Central African States based in Geneva and Yaoundé, as well as in countries of the subregion during visits of the Regional Representative, with the aim of exchanging information on the activities of the Centre and charting its direction;

Notes the efforts of the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure the full implementation of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly⁵ in order to provide sufficient funds and human resources for the missions of the Centre;

⁵Resolutions 61/158, 62/221, 63/177, 64/165, 72/187 and 74/162.

Also notes the Secretary-General’s appeal to Member States in his report A/78/298 to increase the regular budget allocations to the Centre, in particular in terms of human resources and funding for technical cooperation activities to assist the Centre in contributing to bolstering national human rights protection systems and to advancing progress towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals⁶ in Central Africa;

⁶See resolution 70/1.

Requests the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to strengthen the capacity of the Centre, including through human resources from within the subregion, and to enhance support for the Centre so as to enable it to achieve greater results on the ground in terms of strengthening national human rights systems and moving more rapidly towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Central Africa;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its eightieth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, including data on the evolution of the human and financial resources of the Centre since its establishment.

50th (resumed) plenary meeting

22 December 2023

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