The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area–Background Paper 2017 1. Expresses its deep concern about the continued application of the death penalty; 2. Calls upon all States that still maintain the death penalty: (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; (b) To provide the Secretary-General with information relating to the use of capital punishment and the observance of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty; (c) To progressively restrict the use of the death penalty and 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; 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; […] United Nations General Assembly Resolution 63/168: Moratorium on the use of the death penalty (2008) The General Assembly, Reaffirming its resolution 62/149 of 18 December 2007 on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, Welcoming the decisions taken by an increasing number of States to apply a moratorium on executions and the global trend towards the abolition of the death penalty, 1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 62/149,1 and the conclusions and recommendations contained therein; 1  A/63/293 and Corr.1. 56