A/RES/72/185
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration 7 and the outcome
documents of the twenty-third 8 and twenty-fourth 9 special sessions of the General
Assembly, held in New York from 5 to 10 June 2000 and in Geneva from 26 June to
1 July 2000, respectively,
Recalling also its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming
our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”,
Recalling further its resolutions 66/154 of 19 December 2011, 67/165 of
20 December 2012, 68/168 of 18 December 2013, 69/173 of 18 December 2014,
70/159 of 17 December 2015 and 71/197 of 19 December 2016,
Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/17 of 14 April 2005
on globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights, 10
Recalling also Human Rights Council resolutions 21/5 of 27 September 2012 11
on the contribution of the United Nations system as a whole to the advancement of
the business and human rights agenda and the dissemination and implementation of
the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United
Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, 12 26/9 of 26 June 2014 13 on the
elaboration of an international legally binding instrument o n transnational
corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, and 26/22 of
27 June 2014 13 on human rights and transnational corporations and other business
enterprises,
Recognizing that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and
interrelated and that the international community must treat human rights globally in a
fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis,
Realizing that globalization affects all countries differently and makes them
more exposed to external developments, positive as well as negative, inter alia, in the
field of human rights,
Realizing also that globalization is not merely an economic process, but that it
also has social, political, environmental, cultural and legal dimensions, which have
an impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Emphasizing the need to fully implement the global partnership for development
and enhance the momentum generated by the 2005 World Summit in order to
operationalize and implement the commitments mad e in the outcomes of the major
United Nations conferences and summits, including the 2005 World Summit, in the
economic, social and related fields, and reaffirming in particular the commitment
contained in paragraphs 19 and 47 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome 14 to promote
fair globalization and the development of the productive sectors in developing
countries to enable them to participate more effectively in and benefit from the
process of globalization,
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Resolution 55/2.
Resolution S-23/2, annex, and resolution S-23/3, annex.
Resolution S-24/2, annex.
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 3 and
corrigenda (E/2005/23, E/2005/23/Corr.1 and E/2005/23/Corr.2), chap. II, sect. A.
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-seventh Session, Supplement No 53A
(A/67/53/Add.1), chap. III.
A/HRC/17/31, annex.
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/69/53),
chap. V, sect. A.
Resolution 60/1.
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