Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for
the full enjoyment of all human rights by all
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and in promoting the solution of international problems, as well as the development
of friendly relations and cooperation among States,
Reaffirming the obligation of all States to settle their international disputes by
peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are
not endangered,
Emphasizing its objective of promoting better relations among all States and
contributing to setting up conditions in which their people can live in true and lasting
peace, free from any threat to or attempt against their security,
Reaffirming the obligation of all States to refrain in their international relations
from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence
of any State or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United
Nations,
Reaffirming its commitment to peace and security and justice and the continuing
development of friendly relations and cooperation among States,
Rejecting the use of violence in pursuit of political aims, and stressing that only
peaceful political solutions can ensure a stable and democratic future for all people
around the world,
Reaffirming the importance of ensuring respect for the principles of the
sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of States and
non-intervention in matters that are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any
State, in accordance with the Charter and international law,
Reaffirming also that all peoples have the right to self-determination, by virtue
of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic,
social and cultural development,
Reaffirming further the Declaration on Principles of International Law
concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the
Charter of the United Nations, 7
Recognizing that peace and development are mutually reinforcing, including in
the prevention of armed conflict,
Affirming that human rights include social, economic and cultural rights and the
right to peace, a healthy environment and development, and that development is in
fact the realization of those rights,
Underlining the fact that the subjection of peoples to alien subjugation,
domination and exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental rights, is contrary to
the Charter and is an impediment to the promotion of world peace and cooperation,
Recalling that everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which
the rights and freedoms set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 8 can
be fully realized,
Convinced of the aim of creating conditions of stability and well -being, which
are necessary for peaceful and friendly relations among nations based on respe ct for
the principles of equal rights and self-determination of peoples,
Convinced also that life without war is the primary international prerequisite for
the material well-being, development and progress of countries and for the full
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Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.
Resolution 217 A (III).
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