Draft International Covenants on Human Rights

A/RES/833(IX)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1955.

What else is in this group?

9 documents · 1955–1966

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1966).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1966	A/RES/2080(XX)	Draft International Covenants on Human Rights	168	–
1964	A/RES/1960(XVIII)	Draft International Covenants on Human Rights	220	–
1963	A/RES/1843(XVII)[C]	Draft International Covenants on Human Rights	—	–
1963	A/RES/1843(XVII)[B]	Draft International Covenants on Human Rights	—	–
1963	A/RES/1843(XVII)[A]	Draft International Covenants on Human Rights	—	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Human Rights Information Dissemination Mass Media Non-Governmental Organizations Non-Self-Governing Territories Public Information Publications Treaties Trust Territories Written Communications

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Invites:

Governments of States Members an_d non-members of the United Nations to communicate to the Secretary-General, within six months after the end of the present sessio!1. of the Gener~! Asse';llbly, any amendments or additions to the draft mternabonal covenants on human rights or any observations thereon;

( b) The specialized agencies to communicate to the Secretary-General, within six moI?ths after the ~nd of the present session, any obser_vat10ns .they may wish to make with regard to the draft mternattonal covenants on human rights ;

( c) The non-governmental or~anizat.ions ~oncerned with the promotion of human nghts, mclu~mg_ those in the Non-Self-Governing and Trust Tern tones, to stimulate public interest in the draft. internation~l cov~- nants on human rights by all possible means m their respective cquntries;

Requests the Secretary-General:

To prepare and distribute to Governments, as early as possible, a concise annotation of the te~t of the draft international covenants on human nghts,

taking account of the observations made before and during the ninth session of the ~eneral ~ssembly, including those made in the Economic an? Social Council and in the Commission on Human Rights;

To distribute to Governments, as soon as they are received, the communications which may be made by Governments and by the specialized agencies during the next six months ;

To prepare as a working paper a compilation of all the amendments and proposed new articles which may be submitted by Governments during that period;

Requests the Secretary-General to give the ~raft international covenants on human rights the widest possible publicity through all the media of information available to him, and within the limits of his budget;

Recommends that, during the tenth session of the General Assembly, the Third Committee give priority and devote itself ma'inly to the discussion, article by article, in an agreed order, of the draft international covenants on human rights with a view to their adoption at the earliest possible date. The discussion shall also cover any new articles which may be proposed.

4 December 1954.

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