A/HRC/RES/33/3
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 October 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-third session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 September 2016
33/3.
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling all previous resolutions of the General Assembly, the Commission on
Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the promotion of a democratic and
equitable international order, in particular Assembly resolution 65/223 of 21 December
2010 and Council resolutions 8/5 of 18 June 2008, 18/6 of 29 September 2011, 21/9 of 27
September 2012, 25/15 of 27 March 2014, 27/9 of 25 September 2014 and 30/29 of 2
October 2015,
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
the protection of all human rights should continue to be carried out in full conformity with
the purposes and principles of the Charter and of international law as set forth in Articles 1
and 2 of the Charter and with, inter alia, 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 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,
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