The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area UN General Assembly Resolution 62/149 of 18 December 2007: Moratorium on the use of the death penalty128 The General Assembly, […] Welcoming the decisions taken by an increasing number of States to apply a moratorium on executions, followed in many cases by the abolition of the death penalty, 1. Expresses its deep concern about the continued application of the death penalty; 2. Calls upon all States that still maintain the death penalty to: (a) Respect international standards that provide safeguards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, in particular the minimum standards, as set out in the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1984/50 of 25 May 1984; (b) Provide the Secretary-General with information relating to the use of capital punishment and the observance of the safeguards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty; (c) Progressively restrict the use of the death penalty and reduce the number of offences for which it may be imposed; (d) Establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty; 3. Calls upon States which have abolished the death penalty not to reintroduce it; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution; 5. Decides to continue consideration of the matter at its sixty-third session under the same agenda item. 128  Resolution 63/168 was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 18 December 2008, on the implementation of Resolution 62/149. 39