United Nations General Assembly A/RES/58/13 Distr.: General 24 November 2003 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 20 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 November 2003 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/L.15 and Add.1)] 58/13. 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 embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1 and the foundations of any democratic society, Recalling its resolutions 49/30 of 7 December 1994, 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, 55/43 of 27 November 2000, 56/96 of 14 December 2001 and 56/269 of 27 March 2002, Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted by heads of State and Government on 8 September 2000, 2 in particular paragraphs 6 and 24 thereof, Recalling further the declarations and plans of action of the five international conferences of new or restored democracies adopted in Manila in 1988, Managua in 1994, Bucharest in 1997, Cotonou in 2000 and Ulaanbaatar in 2003, Recalling that the Fifth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies, which was held in Ulaanbaatar from 10 to 12 September 2003, focused on democracy, good governance and civil society, 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, peace, democracy, justice, equality, the rule of law, pluralism, development, better standards of living and solidarity, _______________ 1 2 03 45369 Resolution 217 A (III). See resolution 55/2.