52/149 United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
| Date: 12 December 1997 | Meeting: 70 |
| Adopted without a vote | Draft: A/52/L.66 |
The General Assembly,
Recalling Economic and Social Council decision 1997/251 of 22 July 1997, in preparing for the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Decides to proclaim 26 June United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, with a view to the total eradication of torture and the effective functioning of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which entered into force on 26 June 1987.