A/HRC/RES/57/7
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 October 2024
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifty-seventh session
9 September–11 October 2024
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 9 October 2024
57/7.
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling all previous resolutions of the General Assembly, the Commission on
Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the promotion of a democratic and equitable
international order,
Reaffirming the commitment of all States to fulfil their obligations to promote
universal respect for and observance and protection of all human rights and fundamental
freedoms for all, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, other instruments
relating to human rights and international law,
Affirming that the enhancement of international cooperation for the promotion and the
protection of all human rights should continue to be carried out in full conformity with the
purposes and principles of the Charter and of international law and with, inter alia, full respect
for sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence, the non-use of force or the threat
of force in international relations and non-intervention in matters within the domestic
jurisdiction of States,
Reaffirming the determination to work for the dignity and worth of the human person
and for the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small,
Reaffirming also that everyone is entitled to a social, political, economic and
international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights can be fully realized,
Reaffirming further the determination expressed in the Preamble to the Charter to save
succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to establish conditions under which justice
and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can
be maintained, to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, to
practise tolerance and good neighbourliness and to employ international machinery for the
promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples,
Stressing that the responsibility for managing worldwide economic and social issues
and threats to international peace and security must be shared among States and should be
exercised multilaterally, and that in this regard the central role must be played by the United
Nations as the most universal and representative international organization,
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