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UN Commission on Human Rights adopts resolution on Somalia
Somalia-UN, Politics, 4/30/1999
The UN Commission on Human Rights adopted a resolution by consensus on human rights assistance to Somalia calling on all parties in Somalia to respect human rights and abide by international humanitarian law and protect UN personnel, humanitarian workers and representatives from NGOs and the media.
The resolution "expressed deep concern at reports of arbitrary and summary executions, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and violence and at the absence of an effective judicial system; condemned widespread violations and abuses of human rights and humanitarian law, as well as any violation of international law on armed conflicts."
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