Strengthening of United Nations action in the human rights field through the promotion of international cooperation and the importance of non-selectivity, impartiality and objectivity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1993
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SymbolA/RES/48/125
TitleStrengthening of United Nations action in the human rights field through the promotion of international cooperation and the importance of non-selectivity, impartiality and objectivity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Reiterates that, by virtue of the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples enshrined in the Charter of UN, all peoples have the right freely to determine, without external interference, their political status and to pursue their economic, social and cultural development, and that every State has the duty to respect that right within the provision of the Charter, including respect for territorial integrity; calls upon all Member States to base their activities for the protection and promotion of human rights, on the Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other relevant international instruments, and to refrain from acitivities that are inconsistent with that international framework; requests all human rights bodies within the UN system, as well as the special rapporteurs and representatives, independent experts and working groups, to take duly into account the contents of the present resolution in carrying out their mandates.
Action note1993-12-20
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 85th meeting
Meeting record
A/48/PV.85
Agenda information
A/48/251 114b[3] HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT--UN SYSTEM
Date[New York] : UN, 14 Feb. 1994.
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4 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 85th plenary meeting, 20 Dec. 1993.