A/RES/73/162
Human rights treaty body system
Reaffirming that the full and effective implementation of international human
rights instruments by States parties is of major importance to the efforts of the United
Nations to promote universal respect for and observance of human rights and
fundamental freedoms, and that the effective functioning of the human rights treaty
body system is indispensable for the full and effective implementation of such
instruments,
Recognizing the important, valuable and unique role and contribution of each of
the human rights treaty bodies in the promotion and protection of human rights and
fundamental freedoms, including through their examination of the progress made by
States parties to the respective human rights treaties in fulfilling their relevant
obligations and their provision of recommendations to States parties on the
implementation of such treaties,
Emphasizing the importance of multilingualism in the activities of the Unit ed
Nations, including those linked to the promotion and protection of human rights, and
reaffirming the paramount importance of the equality of the six official languages of
the United Nations for the effective functioning of the human rights treaty bodies ,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the human
rights treaty body system; 10
2.
Welcomes the annual reports of the human rights treaty bodies submitted
to the General Assembly at its seventy-second 11 and seventy-third 12 sessions and to
the Economic and Social Council at its 2017 13 and 2018 sessions; 14
3.
Invites the Chairs of the human rights treaty bodies to address and engage
in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth and
seventy-fifth sessions under the item relevant to the work of the treaty body;
4.
Encourages all stakeholders to continue their efforts for the full
implementation of resolution 68/268;
5.
Reaffirms paragraphs 26 to 28 of its resolution 68/268, in which it set out
how the allocation of meeting time to the treaty bodies would be identified and
requested the Secretary-General to provide the corresponding financial and human
resources, decided that the meeting time allocated would be reviewed biennially and
amended on that basis at the request of the Secretary-General in line with established
budgetary procedures, and requested the Secretary-General accordingly to take into
account the meeting time needed by the human rights treaty body system in his future
biennial programme budget;
6.
Recalls paragraph 22 of its resolution 68/268, in which it decided, in
principle, with the aim of enhancing the accessibility and visibility of the human
rights treaty bodies, to webcast, as soon as feasible, the public meetings of the treaty
bodies, and decides in this regard to provide, as of 2020, in all the official languages
used in the respective committees, live webcasts and video archives of relevant
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A/73/309.
Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/72/18); ibid.,
Supplement No. 38 (A/72/38); ibid., Supplement No. 40 (A/72/40); ibid., Supplement No. 44 (A/72/44);
ibid., Supplement No. 48 (A/72/48); ibid., Supplement No. 55 (A/72/55); and ibid., Supplement No. 56
(A/72/56); see also A/72/168.
Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/73/18); ibid.,
Supplement No. 38 (A/73/38); ibid., Supplement No. 41 (A/73/41); ibid., Supplement No. 44 (A/73/44);
ibid., Supplement No. 48 (A/73/48); and ibid., Supplement No. 56 (A/73/56).
Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2017, Supplement No. 2 (E/2017/22).
Ibid., 2018, Supplement No. 2 (E/2018/22).
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