Situation of human rights in Iraq
Economic and Social Council Decision 2002/249
At its 39th plenary meeting, on 25 July 2002, the Economic and Social Council, taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/15 of 19 April 2002*, endorsed the decision of the Commission to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, as contained in Commission resolution 1991/74 of 6 March 1991**, and subsequent resolutions, for a further year, and to request the Special Rapporteur to submit an interim report on the situation of human rights in Iraq to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session and to report to the Commission at its fifty-ninth session, and also to keep a gender perspective in mind when seeking and analysing information.
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* See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2002, Supplement No. 3 (E/2002/23), chap. II, sect. A.
** See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council,1991, Supplement No. 2 (E/1991/22), chap. II, sect. A.
Text from: E/2002/INF/2/Add.2