A/HRC/RES/49/6
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 April 2022
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-ninth session
28 February–1 April 2022
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 31 March 2022
49/6.
The negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment
of human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling also all previous resolutions on human rights and unilateral coercive
measures adopted by the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and the
General Assembly,
Recalling further Human Rights Council resolutions 45/5 of 6 October 2020 and 46/5
of 23 March 2021 and General Assembly resolutions 75/181 of 16 December 2020 and
76/171 of 16 December 2021,
Welcoming General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which all
States are strongly urged to refrain from promulgating and applying any unilateral economic,
financial or trade measures not in accordance with international law and the Charter, that
impede the full achievement of economic and social development, particularly in least
developed and developing countries,
Recognizing that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is one of the greatest
global challenges in the history of the United Nations, and noting with deep concern its
impact on health and the loss of life, mental health and well-being, as well as the negative
impact on global humanitarian needs, the enjoyment of human rights and across all spheres
of society, including on livelihoods, food security and nutrition, education, the exacerbation
of poverty and hunger, the disruption to economies, trade, societies and the environment, and
the exacerbation of economic and social inequalities within and among countries, which are
reversing hard-won development gains and hampering progress towards achieving the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development, all its goals and targets,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 27/21 of 26 September 2014, in which
the Council decided to organize a biennial panel discussion on the issue of unilateral coercive
measures and human rights,
Noting that the summary report of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights on the biennial panel discussion on unilateral coercive
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