United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/55/107
Distr.: General
14 March 2001
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 114 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/55/602/Add.2 and Corr.1)]
55/107. Promotion of a democratic and equitable international
order
The General Assembly,
Noting the adoption by the Commission on Human Rights of its resolution
2000/62 of 26 April 2000, 1
Reaffirming the commitment of all States to fulfil their obligations to promote
universal respect for, and observance and protection of, all human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,
other instruments relating to human rights and international law,
Affirming that the enhancement of international cooperation for the promotion
and protection of all human rights should continue to be carried out in full
conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charter and international law as
set forth in Articles 1 and 2 of the Charter and, inter alia, with full respect for
sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence, the non-use of force or the
threat of force in international relations and non-intervention in matters that are
essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any State,
Recalling the Preamble to the Charter, in particular the determination to
reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human
person, and in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small,
Reaffirming 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 2 can be fully realized,
Reaffirming also the determination expressed in the Preamble to the Charter to
save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to establish conditions under
which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources
of international law can be maintained, to promote social progress and better
standards of life in larger freedom, to practise tolerance and good-neighbourliness,
1
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2000, Supplement No. 3 and corrigendum
(E/2000/23 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A.
2
Resolution 217 A (III).
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