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. 06-46815 (E) 010906 *0646815*

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