A/RES/76/164
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
7 January 2022
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 74 (b)
Promotion and protection of human rights: human
rights questions, including alternative approaches for
improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and
fundamental freedoms
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 16 December 2021
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/76/462/Add.2, para. 114)]
76/164.
Strengthening United Nations action in the field of human rights
through the promotion of international cooperation and the
importance of non-selectivity, impartiality and objectivity
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind that among the purposes of the United Nations are those of
developing friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of
equal rights and self-determination of peoples and taking other appropriate measures
to strengthen universal peace, as well as achieving international cooperation in
solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian
character and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion,
Desirous of achieving further progress in international cooperation in promoting
and encouraging respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all,
Considering that such international cooperation should be based on the
principles embodied in international law, especially the Charter of the United Nations,
as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 the International Covenants
on Human Rights 2 and other relevant instruments,
Deeply convinced that United Nations action in the field of human rights should
be based not only on a profound understanding of the broad range of problems
existing in all societies but also on full respect for the political, economic and social
realities of each of them, in strict compliance with the purposes and principles of the
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Resolution 217 A (III).
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
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