24 May 1984

Meeting 20

Advisory services in the field of human rights:

assistance to the Government of Bolivia

The Economic and Social Council,

Bearing in mind Commission on Human Rights resolution 1984/43 of 13 March 1984,

Conscious of the role that the United Nations can play in promoting, protecting and strengthening human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the world,

Bearing in mind the request by the Government of Bolivia for assistance in strengthening human rights and fundamental freedoms in that country,

1. Requests the Secretary-General, under the programme of advisory services in the field of human rights and in consultation with the Government of Bolivia, to examine ways and means and possible resources for rapid implementation of the projects suggested by the Special Envoy of the Commission on Human Rights in his report on assistance to Bolivia, considered by the Commission on Human Rights at its fortieth session;

2. Invites all Member States, United Nations organizations and humanitarian and non-governmental organizations to provide support and assistance to the Government of Bolivia in its efforts to strengthen the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms in that country;

3. Specially invites the International Labour Organisation, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the World Health Organization to provide the Government of Bolivia with the assistance required, in keeping with the means available to them and their spheres of competence;

4. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to consider this question at its forty-first session, in the light of the Secretary-General's report on the implementation of the present resolution.