A/61/259
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 August 2006
Original: English
Sixty-first session
Item 66 (a) of the provisional agenda*
Promotion and protection of human rights: implementation of
human rights instruments
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
or punishment
Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the members of the
General Assembly the interim report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission
on Human Rights on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment, Manfred Nowak, submitted in accordance with Assembly resolution
60/148.
* A/61/150.
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