United Nations
A/RES/71/205
General Assembly
Distr.: General
1 February 2017
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 68 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2016
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/71/484/Add.3)]
71/205. Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of
Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine)
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 international human
rights treaties and other relevant international instruments and declarations,
Confirming the primary responsibility of States to promote and protect
human rights,
Reaffirming the responsibility of States to respect international law, including
the principle that all States shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the
territorial integrity or political independence of any State and from acting in any
other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations, recalling its
resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, in which it approved the Declaration on
Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation
among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, and reaffirming
the principles contained therein,
Recalling its resolution 68/262 of 27 March 2014 on the territorial integrity of
Ukraine, in which it affirmed its commitment to the sovereignty, political
independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within it s internationally
recognized borders, and relevant decisions of international organizations,
specialized agencies and bodies within the United Nations system,
Condemning the temporary occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine – the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (hereinafter
“Crimea”) – by the Russian Federation, and reaffirming the non-recognition of its
annexation,
Welcoming the reports of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Ukraine, of the Commissioner for
Human Rights of the Council of Europe, and of the human rights assessment
mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the High
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