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14.
Reaffirms that essential goods, such as food and medicines, should not be used
as tools for political coercion and that under no circumstances should people be deprived of
their means of subsistence and development;
15.
Underlines the fact that unilateral coercive measures are one of the major
obstacles to the implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development, and in this
regard calls upon all States to avoid the unilateral imposition of economic coercive measures
and the extraterritorial application of domestic laws that run counter to the principles of free
trade and hamper the development of least developed and developing countries;
16.
Rejects all attempts to introduce unilateral coercive measures and the
increasing trend in this direction, including through the enactment of laws with
extraterritorial application that are not in conformity with international law, and urges States
Members of the United Nations to take fully into account the negative impact of those
measures, including through the enactment and extraterritorial application of national laws
that are not in conformity with international law in their task concerning the implementation
of the right to development;
17.
Requests States to refrain from drawing up illegal and unilateral lists, such as
the list of States that allegedly sponsor terrorism, which constitutes an additional unilateral
coercive measure and violates fundamental principles of international law, including the
principle of the sovereign equality of States, the prohibition of intervention in the internal
affairs of States and the principle of peaceful settlement of international disputes;
18.
Recognizes that the Declaration of Principles adopted at the first phase of the
World Summit on the Information Society, held in Geneva in December 2003, strongly urged
States to avoid and refrain from any unilateral measure in building the information society;
19.
Stresses the need for an impartial and independent mechanism of the United
Nations human rights machinery for the victims of unilateral coercive measures to address
the issues of remedies and redress, with a view to promoting accountability and legal,
equitable, timely and effective remedies and reparations;
20.
Urges all special rapporteurs and existing thematic mechanisms of the Human
Rights Council in the field of economic, social and cultural rights to pay due attention, within
the scope of their respective mandates, to the negative impact and consequences of unilateral
coercive measures and to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of
unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights in fulfilling her mandate;
21.
Recognizes the importance of the quantitative and qualitative documentation
of the negative impact associated with the application, promotion, compliance with,
promulgation and implementation of unilateral coercive measures in the context of ensuring
the accountability of those responsible for human rights violations resulting from the
application of unilateral coercive measures against any State;
22.
Acknowledges the need to ensure that all relevant United Nations human rights
treaty bodies and subsidiary organs of the Human Rights Council mainstream the issue of the
negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights and
perform specific activities, such as during the review of periodic reports submitted by States
to such bodies and in the context of the universal periodic review;
23.
Decides to give due consideration to the issue of the negative impact of
unilateral coercive measures on human rights in its tasks concerning the implementation of
the right to development;
24.
Recalls the report of the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of
unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights and the addendum thereto on
elements for a draft General Assembly declaration on unilateral coercive measures and the
rule of law, submitted to the Human Rights Council at its forty-second session,3 and also
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