A/HRC/RES/29/1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 20 July 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-ninth session Agenda item 3 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 2 July 2015 29/1. Fiftieth anniversary of the adoption and fortieth anniversary of the entry into force of the International Covenants on Human Rights The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes, principles and provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, Mindful that the International Covenants on Human Rights constitute the first allembracing and legally binding international treaties in the field of human rights and, together with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, form the core of the International Bill of Human Rights, Recalling that 2016 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by the General Assembly in its resolution 2200 (XXI) on 16 December 1966, and acknowledging the fundamental importance and special status of these basic human rights instruments of the United Nations, Recalling also that 2016 will also mark the fortieth anniversary of the entry into force of the International Covenants on Human Rights, Considering that the anniversary of the adoption of the International Covenants on Human Rights provides an opportunity for the United Nations and its Member States to intensify their efforts to promote awareness and strengthened observance of the rights set out in the Covenants and other international instruments in the field of human rights, Reaffirming the importance of the observance and effective implementation of the universally recognized standards in the field of human rights as contained in the Covenants, Recalling that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, that the international community must treat human rights globally in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis, and that while the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind, it is the duty of States, regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems, to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, GE.15-12162(E) *1512162*