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UNITED
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General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/165
24 February 2000
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 116 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/54/605/Add.2)]
54/165. Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and expressing in particular
the need to achieve international cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all without distinction,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1 as well as the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993,2
Recalling also the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights3 and the International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,3
Reaffirming the Declaration on the Right to Development, adopted by the General Assembly in its
resolution 41/128 of 4 December 1986,
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,
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
3
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
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