A/HRC/RES/21/9
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 October 2012
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-first session
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
21/9.
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling all previous resolutions of the General Assembly, the Commission on
Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on this issue, in particular Assembly
resolution 65/223 of 21 December 2010 and Council resolutions 8/5 of 18 June 2008 and
18/6 of 29 September 2011,
Reaffirming the commitment of all States to fulfil their obligations to promote
universal respect for, and observance and protection of, all human rights and fundamental
freedoms for all, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, other instruments
relating to human rights and international law,
Affirming that the enhancement of international cooperation for the promotion and
protection of all human rights should continue to be carried out in full conformity with the
purposes and principles of the Charter and of international law as set forth in Articles 1 and
2 of the Charter and, inter alia, with full respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity,
political independence, the non-use of force or the threat of force in international relations
and non-intervention in matters that are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any
State,
Recalling the Preamble to the Charter, in particular the determination to reaffirm
faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the
equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small,
Reaffirming 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,
GE.12-17424
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in
the report of the Council on its twenty-first session (A/HRC/21/2), chap. I.