A/RES/75/238. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2020

• Resolution Number: A/RES/75/238
• Year: 2020
• Session: 75th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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Seventy -fifth sessi on

Agen da item 72 (c)

Promoti on and protec tion of huma n rights: hu man

rights situations and reports of special rap porteurs

and repre sentatives

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 31 December 2020

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/75/ 478/ Add.3 , p ara. 39)]

75/238. Situat ion of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and ot her

minorit ies in Myan mar

The General Assembly ,

Guid ed by th e Char ter of the United Nations and the U niversal Decla ration of

Huma n R ights,

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the Interna tional Coven ants on Human Righ ts

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and other relev ant

inter nationa l law an d human rights law inst ruments ,

Reca llin g that St ates have th e primary re sponsib ility to res pect, prot ect and fulf il

huma n rights ,

Reaf firm ing its previ ous r esoluti ons o n th e sit uation of human righ ts in

Myan mar, th e most recent of wh ich bei ng reso lutions 74/2 46 of 27 Decemb er 2019 ,

73/2 64 of 22 Decemb er 20 18 and 72/248 of 24 Decemb er 2 017, and recalli ng t he

resol utions and deci sions of the Human Rig hts Council , th e mo st r ecent of which

bein g resoluti ons 43/2 6 of 22 June 202 0,

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42/3 of 26 S eptember 2019,

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39/2 of

27 Sept ember 2 018,

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37/3 2 o f 23 Ma rch 20 18

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and S-27/ 1 o f 5 Dec ember 2017,

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th e

presi dential statem ent is sued by the Security Coun cil on 6 Nov ember 2017

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an d the

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Resolut ion 21 7 A (III) .

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Resolut ion 22 00 A (XXI ).

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Officia l Reco rds of t he Gen eral A ssembl y, Seven ty-fif th Sess ion, Su ppleme nt No. 53 ( A/75/5 3),

chap . IV, sect . A.

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Ibid., Seventy -fourt h Sess ion, Su ppleme nt No. 53A (A/74/5 3/A dd.1 ), c hap. I I.

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Ibid., Seventy -third Sessio n, Sup plement No. 5 3A (A /73/ 53/ Add. 1), chap. II.

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Ibid., Supple ment No . 53 (A/73/5 3), chap. IV, sect. A .

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Ibid., c hap. I II.

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S/PRST/ 201 7/22 ; se e Reso lution s and Decisio ns of the Se curity Counci l, 2017 (S/I NF/ 72).