Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processess : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1991
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SymbolA/RES/46/130
TitleRespect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processess : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Reaffirms that any activities that attempt to interfere in the free development of national electoral processes, or that intend to sway the results of such processes, violate the spirit and letter of the principles established in the Charter and in the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States; recognizes that there is no universal need for UN to provide electoral assistance to Member States, except in special circumstances such as cases of decolonization, in the context of regional or international peace processes or at the request of specific sovereign States, by virtue of resolutions adopted by the Security Council or the General Assembly in each individual case, in strict conformity with the principles of sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States; strongly appeals to all States to refrain from financing or providing any other form of overt or covert support for political parties or groups and from taking actions to undermine the electoral processes in any country; condemns any act of armed aggression or threat or use of force against peoples, their elected Governments or their legitimate leaders; solemnly declares that only the total eradication of apartheid and the establishment of a non-racial, democratic society based on majority rule can lead to a just and lasting solution to the situation in South Africa; calls upon the Commission on Human Rights, at its 48th session, to give priority to the review of the fundamental factors that negatively affect the observance of the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processes.
Action note1991-12-17
Vote summary
Adopted 102-40-13, 75th meeting
Meeting record
A/46/PV.75
Agenda information
A/46/251 98b[6] ELECTIONS
Date[New York] : UN, 2 Mar. 1992.
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3 p.
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Adopted at the 75th plenary meeting, 17 Dec. 1991.