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Distr. LIMITED E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/L.26 18 August 1993 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Forty-fifth session Agenda item 6 QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, INCLUDING POLICIES OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION AND OF APARTHEID, IN ALL COUNTRIES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO COLONIAL AND OTHER DEPENDENT COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES: REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMISSION UNDER COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION 8 (XXIII) Mr. Bossuyt, Mr. Boutkevitch, Ms. Chavez, Mr. Eide and Mrs. Palley: draft resolution 1993/... The situation in Tibet The Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, Recalling its resolution 1991/10 of 23 August 1991 and the note by the Secretary-General (E/CN.4/1992/37) submitted to the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-eighth session, Noting with concern the reports of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on the question of torture (E/CN.4/1993/26), the Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance (E/CN.4/1993/62) and the report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions (E/CN.4/1993/46), all of which refer to the situation in Tibet. GE.93-14778 (E) E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/L.26 page 2 Noting also the reports of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (E/CN.4/1993/24), the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (E/CN.4/1993/25) and reports prepared by other United Nations bodies, government delegations, parliamentary bodies and non-governmental human rights organizations on the situation in Tibet, 1. Urges the Government of the People’s Republic of China to facilitate access to all parts of Tibet by the Special Rapporteurs of the Commission on Human Rights on the question of torture, religious intolerance, extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and to the Working Groups on Arbitrary Detention and Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances; 2. Calls upon the Government of the People’s Republic of China to permit representatives of non-governmental human rights organizations to visit and travel throughout Tibet; 3. Requests the relevant Special Rapporteurs to continue to report on their findings with respect to the human rights situation in Tibet; 4. Draws the attention of the parties concerned to the need for early substantive discussions over their differences; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit information on the situation in Tibet, including the result of the discussions referred to in paragraph 4, provided by the Government of the People’s Republic of China and by other reliable sources, including non-governmental organizations, for consideration by the Commission on Human Rights at its fiftieth session.