Full Text of Resolution 63/168
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolution 62/149 of 18 December 2007 on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty,
Welcoming the decisions taken by an increasing number of States to apply a moratorium on executions and the global trend towards the abolition of the death penalty,
1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 62/149, and the conclusions and recommendations contained therein;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to provide a report on progress made in the implementation of resolution 62/149 and the present resolution, for consideration during its sixty-fifth session, and calls upon Member States to provide the Secretary-General with information in this regard;
3. Decides to continue consideration of the matter at its sixty-fifth session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”.
^ A/63/293 and Corr.1.
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