Resolution against the Iranian regime by the U.N. general Assembly
Suggestions for permanent monitoring and
observation by the U.N.
Following the continuous efforts by
Human rights organizations as well as political and social activists (both in
Iran and internationally), the general Assembly of the United Nations, on
December 22nd 2003, approved a resolution denouncing the Human
rights situation in Iran. This was the 19th time in 20 years that
such denunciation was expressed by the U.N. The draft resolution was adopted earlier, on
This draft proposal will “have the
General Assembly express its grave concern about continuing human rights
violations in that country. Also, the Assembly would call on that Government to
abide by its obligations under the International Covenants on Human Rights to
expedite judicial reform, guarantee the dignity of the individual, ensure the
full application of due process of law, by an independent and impartial
judiciary, and eliminate discrimination against religious minorities”
The resolution goes on to condemn long
illegal detaining of political activists, journalists and students, and the use
of tough punishments such as: dismemberment of hands and legs, whipping and
public executions. Moreover, the rights of the religious minorities such as
Jews, Christians, Sunni Muslims and especially the Ba'hai
are not respected.
In addition to the condemnations, the
resolution asks
Given the lack of result of all previous UN inspections in Iran,
mostly due to divertive tactics, and various stratagems of the Iranian Regime
aimed at crippling the work of the UN inspectors, we, Iranian Human Rights
Groups in E.U and north America, ask the families of political prisoners, of
murdered intellectuals and activists, of imprisoned students and journalists,
of political execution victims, … to contact the relevant branches of the UN,
either in person or by writing. We ask you to demand that from this date on, all
UN Human Rights inspectors in Iran have full freedom of circulation anywhere in
the country, and, more importantly, that the inspections be unannounced to
Iranian authorities.
It is evident to us that the continuous surveillance and
unrestricted UN inspections will play a key role in the improvement of the
Human Rights situation in
Human rights defense association of
Iran, Montréal, Canada (www.addhi.com) -
Human Rights defense comity of Iran, Sweden (www.defakomite.com ) – The action
committee for the release of Prisoners of conscience in Iran, Paris, France (irancalppo.free.fr
) – Center for tought, dialogue and Human Rights in
Iran, Toronto, Canada (ctdhumanright@yahoo.com) - Vereinigung
zur Verteidigung der Menschenrechte im Iran,Bremen, Deutschland (www.bashariyat.de) - Stichting voor de Verdediging van Democratie in Iran, Nederland ) kdaddih@hotmail.com) – Iranian – Canadian community Association of western Canada,
Vancouver (yebarak@yahoo.ca)
- Committee to Defend Human Rights in Iran, California, U.S.A. - ( defendhriran_ca@yahoo.com) - noran (supporting committee for human rights in iran ), Norway – (noranali2003@yahoo.no ) –
Activist of Human Rigts (www.irantestimony.com), Committee for defense of Liberty and Democracy in Iran – Austria (demokrasi9@yahoo.com) , Union for Human
Rights defense in Iran – Washangton, U.S.A