United Nations
A/RES/69/195
General Assembly
Distr.: General
26 January 2015
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 105
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2014
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/69/489)]
69/195. Rule of law, crime prevention and criminal justice in the
United Nations development agenda beyond 2015
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the
United Nations and international law,
Reaffirming also its commitment to the declaration of the high-level meeting of
the General Assembly on the rule of law at the national and international levels,1
Strongly determined to reinvigorate political will and to raise the level of the
international community’s commitment to moving the sustainable development
agenda forward, through the achievement of the internationally agreed development
goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,
Reaffirming the necessity of respecting and protecting human rights and
fundamental freedoms in the prevention of crime and the administration of and
access to justice, including criminal justice,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “A life of dignity
for all: accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and
advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015”,2 and noting the
recommendations of the Secretary-General’s High-level Panel of Eminent Persons
on the Post-2015 Development Agenda,3
Noting the activity of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development
Goals,
Noting also the thematic and national consultations on the post-2015 United
Nations development agenda organized by the United Nations Development Group
in many countries,
Reiterating that the rule of law and development are interrelated and mutually
reinforcing and that the advancement of the rule of law at the national and
international levels is essential for sustained and inclusive economic growth,
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1
Resolution 67/1.
A/68/202 and Corr.1.
3
See A/67/890, annex.
2
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