Human rights and unilateral coercive measures: resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Human rights and unilateral coercive measures

Urges all States to refrain from adopting or implementing any unilateral measures not in accordance with international law and the Charter of UN, in particular those of a coercive nature with all their extraterritorial effects; rejects unilateral coercive measures with all their extraterritorial effects as tools for political or economic pressure against any country; calls upon Member States that have initiated such measures to commit themselves to their obligations and responsibilities arising from the international human rights instruments to which they are party by revoking such measures at the earliest time possible; reaffirms the right of all peoples to self-determination, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development; urges the Commission on Human Rights to take fully into account the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures; requests the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to give urgent consideration to the present resolution in her annual report to the General Assembly.

Adopted 110-45-10, 85th meeting

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Adopted at the 85th plenary meeting, 9 Dec. 1998.