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targeted countries but also on third countries, in contravention of the basic principles of
international law, in a manner that will coerce the latter also to apply the unilateral coercive
measures,
Welcoming the final document and declaration adopted at the nineteenth summit of
Heads of State and Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, held in
Kampala on 19 and 20 January 2024, in which the Movement reaffirmed, among other things,
its principled position of condemnation of the promulgation and application of unilateral
coercive measures against countries of the Movement, which are in violation of the Charter
and international law and undermine, among other things, the principles of sovereignty,
territorial integrity, political independence, self-determination and non-interference,
Welcoming also the establishment of the Sanctions Research Platform by the Special
Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of
human rights as a comprehensive online reference tool dedicated to collecting articles,
reports, videos and research material and information on unilateral coercive measures and
their effect on human rights,
Reaffirming that each State has full sovereignty over the totality of its wealth, natural
resources and economic activity, exercising it freely, in accordance with General Assembly
resolution 1803 (XVII) of 14 December 1962, and that violation of this right is contrary to
the spirit and principles of the Charter and hinders the development of international
cooperation and the maintenance of peace,
Recalling that the World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna from 14 to 25
June 1993, called upon States to refrain from any unilateral measure not in accordance with
international law and the Charter and that created obstacles to trade relations among States
and impeded the full realization of all human rights, and that also severely threatened the
freedom of trade,
Deeply concerned that, despite the resolutions adopted on this issue by the General
Assembly, the Human Rights Council, the Commission on Human Rights and at United
Nations conferences held in the 1990s and at their five-year reviews, and contrary to norms
of international law and the Charter, unilateral coercive measures continue to be promulgated,
implemented and enforced by, inter alia, resorting to war and militarism, with all their
negative implications for the social-humanitarian activities and economic and social
development of least developed and developing countries, including their extraterritorial
effects, thereby creating additional obstacles to the full enjoyment of all human rights,
including the right to development, by peoples and individuals under the jurisdiction of other
States,
Deeply disturbed by the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the right
to life, the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical
and mental health and medical care, the right to freedom from hunger and the right to an
adequate standard of living, food, education, work and housing, as well as the right to
development and the right to a clean, health and sustainable environment,
Alarmed by the disproportionate and indiscriminate human costs of unilateral
sanctions and their negative effects on the civilian population, in particular women and
children, of targeted States,
Alarmed also by the expanding practice of enforcement of unilateral coercive
measures, both nationally and extraterritorially, resulting in the expansion of overcompliance
by States, international organizations, businesses and civil society, exacerbating the already
devastating humanitarian effect of unilateral coercive measures,
Reaffirming the Declaration on the Right to Development, adopted by the General
Assembly in its resolution 41/128 on 4 December 1986, which established that States have
the duty to cooperate with each other in ensuring development and eliminating obstacles to
development,
Reaffirming also that unilateral coercive measures are one of the major obstacles to
the implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development and to the realization of
the Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
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