A/RES/56/96 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 30 January 2002 Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 35 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/56/L.46 and Add.1)] 56/96. Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies The General Assembly, Bearing in mind the indissoluble links between the principles enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1 and the foundations of any democratic society, Recalling its resolution 49/30 of 7 December 1994, in which it recognized the importance of the Managua Declaration and Plan of Action adopted by the Second International Conference of New or Restored Democracies in July 1994, 2 as well as its resolutions 50/133 of 20 December 1995, 51/31 of 6 December 1996, 52/18 of 21 November 1997, 53/31 of 23 November 1998, 54/36 of 29 November 1999 and 55/43 of 27 November 2000, Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted by heads of State and Government on 8 September 2000, 3 in particular paragraphs 6 and 24 thereof, Recalling further the declarations and plans of action of the four international conferences of new or restored democracies adopted in Manila in 1988, Managua in 1994, Bucharest in 1997 and Cotonou in 2000, Recalling that the Fourth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies focused on peace, security, democracy and development, Considering the major changes taking place on the international scene and the aspirations of all peoples for an international order based on the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, including the promotion and encouragement of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all and other important principles, such as respect for the equal rights and self-determination of peoples, _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). A/49/713, annexes I and II. 3 See resolution 55/2. 2 01 47969