A/RES/55/6
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 November 2000
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 31
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.9/Rev.1)]
55/6.
Elimination of unilateral extraterritorial coercive
economic measures as a means of political and economic
compulsion
The General Assembly,
Guided by the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations,
particularly those that call for the development of friendly relations among nations
and the strengthening of cooperation in solving problems of an economic and social
character,
Taking note of the opposition of the international community to unilateral
extraterritorial coercive economic measures,
Recalling its resolutions in which it has called upon the international
community to take urgent and effective steps to end unilateral extraterritorial
coercive economic measures,
Gravely concerned over the continued application of unilateral extraterritorial
coercive measures whose effects have an impact on the sovereignty of other States
and the legitimate interests of their entities and individuals in violation of the norms
of international law and the purposes and principles of the United Nations,
Believing that the prompt elimination of such measures would be consistent
with the purposes and principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations and
the relevant provisions of the Agreement on the World Trade Organization,
Recalling its resolutions 51/22 of 27 November 1996 and 53/10 of 26 October
1998,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation
of resolution 53/10; 1
2.
Reaffirms that all peoples have the right to self-determination and that by
virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their
economic, social and cultural development;
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A/55/300 and Add.1 and 2.