A/RES/64/174
United Nations
Distr.: General
24 March 2010
General Assembly
Sixty-fourth session
Agenda item 69 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2009
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/64/439/Add.2 (Part II))]
64/174. Human rights and cultural diversity
The General Assembly,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 2 and the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights,2 as well as other pertinent human rights instruments,
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Recalling also its resolutions 54/160 of 17 December 1999, 55/91 of
4 December 2000, 57/204 of 18 December 2002, 58/167 of 22 December 2003,
60/167 of 16 December 2005 and 62/155 of 18 December 2007, and recalling
further its resolutions 54/113 of 10 December 1999, 55/23 of 13 November 2000
and 60/4 of 20 October 2005 concerning the United Nations Year of Dialogue
among Civilizations,
Noting that numerous instruments within the United Nations system promote
cultural diversity, as well as the conservation and development of culture, in
particular the Declaration of the Principles of International Culture Cooperation
proclaimed on 4 November 1966 by the General Conference of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its fourteenth session, 3
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Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,
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Recalling that, as stated in the Declaration on Principles of International Law
concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the
Charter of the United Nations, contained in the annex to its resolution 2625 (XXV)
of 24 October 1970, States have the duty to cooperate with one another, irrespective
of the differences in their political, economic and social systems, in the various
spheres of international relations, in the promotion of universal respect for and
observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, and in the
elimination of all forms of racial discrimination and all forms of religious
intolerance,
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Resolution 217 A (III).
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
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See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General Conference,
Fourteenth Session, Paris, 1966, Resolutions.
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A/64/160.
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