The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area UN General Assembly Resolution 65/206 of 21 December 2010: Moratorium on the use of the death penalty The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations, […] 3. Calls upon all States: (a) To respect international standards that provide safeguards guaranteeing 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, as well as to provide the Secretary-General with information in this regard; (b) To make available relevant information with regard to their use of the death penalty, which can contribute to possible informed and transparent national debates; (c) To progressively restrict the use of the death penalty and to reduce the number of offences for which it may be imposed; (d) To establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty; 4. Calls upon States which have abolished the death penalty not to reintroduce it, and encourages them to share their experience in this regard; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution; 6. Decides to continue its consideration of the matter at its sixty-seventh session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”. 38