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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/96
2 February 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 95 (a)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/50/617/Add.1)]
50/96.
Economic measures as a means of political and economic
coercion against developing countries
The General Assembly,
Recalling the relevant principles set forth in the Charter of the United
Nations,
Reaffirming that no State may use or encourage the use of economic,
political or any other type of measures to coerce another State in order to
obtain from it the subordination of the exercise of its sovereign rights,
Bearing in mind the general principles governing the international
trading system and trade policies for development contained in relevant
resolutions, rules and provisions of the United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World
Trade Organization,
Reaffirming its resolutions 44/215 of 22 December 1989, 46/210 of 20
December 1991 and 48/168 of 21 December 1993,
Gravely concerned
affects the economy and
general negative impact
efforts to move towards
that the use of coercive economic measures adversely
development efforts of developing countries and has a
on international economic cooperation and on worldwide
a non-discriminatory and open trading system,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General, 1/ which
contains a summary of the deliberations of the group of experts on coercive
1/
96-76393
A/50/439.
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