United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/57/216
Distr.: General
27 February 2003
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 109 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/57/556/Add.2 and Corr.1-3)]
57/216. Promotion of the right of peoples to peace
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 39/11 of 12 November 1984, entitled “Declaration on
the Right of Peoples to Peace”,
Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/71 of 25 April
2002, entitled “Promotion of the right of peoples to peace”, 1
Bearing in mind the fundamental principles of international law set forth in the
Charter of the United Nations,
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,
Reaffirming also 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 further the importance of ensuring respect for the principles of
sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of States and
non-intervention in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of
any State, in accordance with the Charter and international law,
Reaffirming 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 also 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,
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1
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2002, Supplement No. 3 (E/2002/23), chap.II,
sect. A.
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