Commission itself, could not exist without an acknowledgement that all nations must, in pursuance of an internationally recognized standard of conduct, be responsible for protecting and promoting human rights. No State could therefore claim the sovereign right to torture or enslave its own citizens. 8. Concern for the protection of human rights was to be foiand throughout the Charter of the United Nations, under which all Members pledged themselves to co-operate in the imiversal and effective observance of human rights. That pledge meant that those carrying out the mandate of the Commission, such as Mr. Mazilu, should be given safe passage; that investigators should be allowed to visit countries without being stopped at the frontier, as the E/CN.4/1990/SR.50 page 3 Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan had been; and that those who had had the courage to co-operate with the Commission's emissaries should not suffer reprisals, as they had in Cuba. 9. Promoting human rights meant more than just mouthing fine phrases: active and specific initiatives were required. Names must sometimes be named in order to condemn those States where torture, deprivation of liberty and maltreatment were regular practices. For AO years, the United Nations had considered, commented on and, if necessary, condemned specific human rights abuses. No country was exempt: the reason why the Commission had been able to adopt so many resolutions on, for example, Chile, South Africa and Israel was that observance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was a common objective shared by all without exception. 10. Anyone who wished to recant that pledge was arguing, hypocritically, that human rights inquiry procedures violated the principle of non-interference in internal affairs set out in the Charter. Even if that argument had had some currency 40 years previously, it had now become inadmissible. The Soviet 
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses the concept of human rights and the importance of protecting and promoting them, as well as the role of the United Nations in this regard. It mentions specific countries and situations, such as Chile, South Africa, Israel, and Cuba, where human rights abuses have occurred. The text also touches on the idea that human rights inquiries should not be seen as an interference in internal affairs, but rather as a necessary step towards promoting human rights. Based on this, it is likely that the text falls under the category of...

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights