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laws that are not in conformity with international law, in its task concerning the
implementation of the right to development;
13. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in
discharging her functions relating to the promotion, realization and protection of the
right to development and bearing in mind the continuing impact of unilateral coercive
measures on the population of developing countries, to give priority to the present
resolution in her annual report to the General Assembly;
14. Underlines the fact that unilateral coercive measures are one of the major
obstacles to the implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development 15 and
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 18 and in this regard calls upon all
States to avoid the unilateral imposition of economic coercive measures and the
extraterritorial application of national laws that run counter to the principles of free
trade and hamper the development of developing countries, as recognized by the
open-ended Working Group on the Right to Development of the Human Rights
Council;
15. Recognizes that, in the Declaration of Principles adopted at the first phase
of the World Summit on the Information Society, held in Geneva from 10 to
12 December 2003, 19 States were strongly urged to avoid and refrain from any
unilateral measure not in accordance with international law and the Charter of the
United Nations in building the information society;
16. Reaffirms paragraph 30 of the outcome document of the United Nations
summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, 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;
17. Recalls the decision of the Human Rights Council, in its resolution 27/21, 3
to appoint a Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive
measures on the enjoyment of human rights, and welcomes the work done in
delivering his mandate;
18. Takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights
Council on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of
human rights; 20
19. Recalls the decision taken by the Human Rights Council, in its resolution
36/10,5 to extend, for a period of three years, the mandate of the Special Rapporteur
as set out in Council resolution 27/21;
20. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights to provide all the human and financial resources
necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, and
also requests them, in discharging their functions in relation to the promotion and
protection of human rights, to pay due attention and to give urgent consideration to
the present resolution;
21. Recalls that the Human Rights Council took note of the research-based
progress report of its Advisory Committee containing recommendations on
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