A/RES/67/165
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 resolutions 66/154 and 66/161 of 19 December 2011,
Recalling further 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 Human Rights Council resolutions 17/4 of 16 June 2011 11 on human
rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises and 21/5 of
27 September 2012 12 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, 13
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 made 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,
Realizing the need to undertake a thorough, independent and comprehensive
assessment of the social, environmental and cultural impact of globalization on
societies,
Recognizing in each culture a dignity and value that deserve recognition,
respect and preservation, convinced that, in their rich variety and diversity and in
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Resolution 55/2.
Resolution S-23/2, annex, and resolution S-23/3, annex.
9
Resolution S-24/2, annex.
10
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda
(E/2005/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A.
11
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53),
chap. III, sect. A.
12
Ibid., Sixty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/67/53/Add.1), chap. III.
13
A/HRC/17/31, annex.
14
Resolution 60/1.
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2/5