A/625

September 1948

Report of the Economic and Social Council to the General Assembly Covering the period from 18 August 1947 to 29 August 1948

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Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Questions

Section I. Human Rights

International Bill of Rights

127. The following seven stages were laid down by the Council at its fourth session1 for the preparation of an International Bill of Human Rights.

1. (i) Preparation of a draft by a drafting committee on the basis of documentation prepared by the Secretariat;

2. (ii) Consideration of the draft at the second session of the Commission on Human Rights;

3. (iii) Submission of the resulting draft to Members of the United Nations for observations, suggestions and proposals;

4. (iv) Consideration of the above observations, suggestions and proposals as a basis of a re-draft, if necessary, by the Drafting Committee;

5. (v) Consideration of the resulting draft by the Commission on Human Rights;

6. (vi) Consideration by the Council of the resulting text;

7. (vii) Submission of the draft bill by the Council to the General Assembly.