A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures
Recalling the reports of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General
Assembly resolutions 52/120 of 12 December 1997 8 and 55/110 of 4 December 2000, 9
Stressing that unilateral coercive measures and legislation are contrary to
international law, international humanitarian law, the Charter of the United Nations
and the norms and principles governing peaceful relations among States,
Recognizing the universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated character
of all human rights, and in this regard reaffirming the right to development as an
integral part of all human rights,
Recalling the Final Document of the Sixteenth Ministerial Conference and
Commemorative Meeting of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, held in Bali,
Indonesia, from 23 to 27 May 2011, 10 the Final Document of the Seventeenth
Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held on
Margarita Island, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, from 13 to 18 September 2016,
and the documents adopted at previous summits and conferences, in which States
members of the Movement agreed to oppose and condemn unilateral coercive
measures and their continued application, persevere with efforts to effectively reverse
them, urge other States to do likewise, as called for by the General Assembly and
other organs of the United Nations, and request States applying those measures or
laws to revoke them fully and immediately,
Recalling also that, at the World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna
from 14 to 25 June 1993, States were called upon to refrain from any unilateral
measure not in accordance with international law and the Charter that creates
obstacles to trade relations among States and impedes the full realization of all human
rights 11 and also severely threatens the freedom of trade,
Bearing in mind all the references to this question in the Copenhagen
Declaration on Social Development, adopted by the World Summit for Soc ial
Development on 12 March 1995, 12 the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,
adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995, 13 the
Quito Declaration on Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements for All and the Quito
implementation plan for the New Urban Agenda, adopted by the United Nations
Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) on
20 October 2016, 14 and in the outcome document of the United Nations summit for
the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”, in which
States are strongly urged to refrain from promulgating and applying any unilateral
economic, financial or trade measures not in accordance with international law and
the Charter of the United Nations that impede the full achievement of economic and
social development, particularly in developing countries,
Expressing concern about the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures
on international relations, trade, investment and cooperation,
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A/53/293 and A/53/293/Add.1.
A/56/207 and A/56/207/Add.1.
A/65/896-S/2011/407, annex I.
See A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6–12 March 1995 (United
Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United
Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II .
Resolution 71/256, annex.
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