Human rights and unilateral coercive measures A/RES/70/151 right to development and bearing in mind the continuing impact of unilateral coercive measures on the population of developing countries, to give priority to the present resolution in his annual report to the General Assembly; 14. Underlines the fact that unilateral coercive measures are one of the major obstacles to the implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development, 14 and in this regard calls upon all States to avoid the unilateral imposition of economic coercive measures and the extraterritorial application of national laws that run counter to the principles of free trade and hamper the development of developing countries, as recognized by the open-ended Working Group on the Right to Development of the Human Rights Council; 15. Recognizes that, in the Declaration of Principles adopted at the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, held in Geneva from 10 to 12 December 2003, 17 States were strongly urged to avoid and refrain from any unilateral measure not in accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations in building the information society; 16. Reaffirms paragraph 30 of the outcome document of the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” , 13 in which States are strongly urged to refrain from promulgating and applying any unilateral economic, financial or trade measures not in accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations that impede the full achievement of economic and social development, particularly in developing countries; 17. Recalls the decision of the Human Rights Council, in its resolution 27/21, 3 to appoint a Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, and welcomes the work done in delivering his mandate during the first year; 18. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide all the human and financial resources necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandate of the Special Rappor teur, and also requests them, in discharging their functions in relation to the promotion and protection of human rights, to pay due attention and to give urgent consideration to the present resolution; 19. Recalls that the Human Rights Council took note of the research-based progress report of its Advisory Committee containing recommendations on mechanisms to assess the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights and to promote accountability; 18 20. Also recalls the convening in the Human Rights Council of the first biennial panel discussion on the issue of unilateral coercive measures and human rights, and recognizes the importance of the future review by the Council of the report on the panel discussion to be issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which should take into account the practical means and mechanisms proposed during the discussion, including, in particular, with regard to the issues of remedies and redress, with a vie w to promoting accountability and reparation; _______________ 17 18 A/C.2/59/3, annex, chap. I, sect. A. A/HRC/28/74. 5/6