The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area 7. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session on the implementation of the present resolution; […] United Nations General Assembly Resolution 69/186: Moratorium on the use of the death penalty (2014) The General Assembly, […] Convinced that a moratorium on the use of the death penalty contributes to respect for human dignity and to the enhancement and progressive development of human rights, and considering that there is no conclusive evidence of the deterrent value of the death penalty, Noting ongoing local and national debates and regional initiatives on the death penalty, as well as the readiness of an increasing number of Member States to make available to the public information on the use of the death penalty, and also, in this regard, the decision by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 26/2 of 26 June 2014193 to convene biennial high-level panel discussions in order to further exchange views on the question of the death penalty, […] 1. Expresses its deep concern about the continued application of the death penalty; 2. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 67/176194 and the recommendations contained therein; 3. Also welcomes the steps taken by some States to reduce the number of offences for which the death penalty may be imposed, as well as steps taken to limit its application; 4. Further welcomes the decisions made by an increasing number of States, at all levels of government, to apply a moratorium on executions, followed in many cases by the abolition of the death penalty; 193  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/69/53), chap. V, sect. A. 194 A/69/288. 66