Human rights and unilateral coercive measures
A/RES/71/193
the well-being of the population in the affected countries, with particular
consequences for women, children, including adolescents, the elderly and persons
with disabilities,
Deeply concerned that, despite the recommendations adopted on this question
by the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council, the Commission on Human
Rights and recent major United Nations conferences, and contrary to general
international law and the Charter, unilateral coercive measures continue to be
promulgated and implemented, with all their negative implications for the social
humanitarian activities and economic and social development of developing
countries, including their extraterritorial effects, thereby creating additional
obstacles to the full enjoyment of all human rights by peoples and individuals under
the jurisdiction of other States,
Bearing in mind all the extraterritorial effects of any unilateral legislative,
administrative and economic measures, policies and practices of a coercive nature
against the development process and the enhancement of human rights in developing
countries, which create obstacles to the full realization of all human rights,
Reaffirming that unilateral coercive measures are a major obstacle to the
implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development, 14
Recalling article 1, paragraph 2, common to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights 15 and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, 15 which provides, inter alia, that in no case may a people be
deprived of its own means of subsistence,
Noting the continuing efforts of the open-ended Working Group on the Right
to Development of the Human Rights Council, and reaffirming in particular its
criteria, according to which unilateral coercive measures are one of the obstacles to
the implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development,
1.
Urges all States to cease adopting or implementing any unilateral
measures not in accordance with international law, international humanitarian law,
the Charter of the United Nations and the norms and principles governing peaceful
relations among States, in particular those of a coercive nature, with all their
extraterritorial effects, which create obstacles to trade relations among States, thus
impeding the full realization of the rights set forth in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights 16 and other international human rights instruments, in particular the
right of individuals and peoples to development;
2.
Strongly urges States 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 sustainable economic and
social development, particularly in developing countries;
3.
Condemns the inclusion of Member States in unilateral lists under false
pretexts, which are contrary to international law and the Charter, including false
allegations of terrorism sponsorship, considering such lists as instruments for
political or economic pressure against Member States, particularly developing
countries;
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14
Resolution 41/128, annex.
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
16
Resolution 217 A (III).
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