A/HRC/RES/17/16
Emphasizing its objective of promoting better relations among all States and
contributing to creating conditions in which their people can live in true and lasting peace,
free from any threat to or attack against their security,
Reaffirming 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 from acting in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United
Nations,
Reaffirming also its commitment to peace, security and justice, respect for human
rights and the continuing development of friendly relations and cooperation among States,
Rejecting the use of violence in the pursuit of political aims, and stressing that only
peaceful political solutions can assure a stable and democratic future for all peoples around
the world,
Reaffirming the importance of ensuring respect for the purposes and principles of the
Charter and international law, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the political
independence of States,
Reaffirming also 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 further the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning
Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the
United Nations,
Recognizing that peace and security, development and human rights are mutually
interlinked and reinforcing,
Recalling the Declaration on the Right to Development, which states that all States
should promote the establishment, maintenance and strengthening of international peace
and security and, to that end, should do their utmost to achieve general and complete
disarmament under effective international control, as well as to ensure that the resources
released by effective disarmament measures are used for comprehensive development, in
particular that of developing countries,
Affirming that human rights include social, economic and cultural rights and the
right to peace, a healthy environment and development, and that development is, in fact, the
realization of these rights,
Underlining the fact that the subjection of peoples to alien subjugation, domination
and exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental rights, is contrary to the Charter and an
impediment to the promotion of world peace and cooperation,
Recalling 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,
Convinced of the aim of creating conditions of stability and well-being, which are
necessary for peaceful and friendly relations among nations based on respect for the
principle of the equal rights and self-determination of peoples,
Convinced also that life without war is the primary international prerequisite for the
material well-being, development and progress of countries and for the full implementation
of the rights and fundamental human freedoms proclaimed by the United Nations,
Convinced further that international cooperation in the field of human rights
contributes to the creation of an international environment of peace and stability,
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