A/RES/57/5 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 1 November 2002 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 31 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/57/L.4)] 57/5. 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, 53/10 of 26 October 1998 and 55/6 of 26 October 2000, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 55/6; 1 _______________ 1 02 53819 A/57/179 and Add.1 and Corr.1.