Recognizes that there exist in Member States many forms of legal property ownership, including private, communal, social and state forms, each of which should contribute to ensuring effective development and utilization of human resources through the establishment of sound bases for political, economic and social justice; considers that further measures may be appropriate at the national level to ensure respect for the right of everyone to own property alone as well as in association with others and the right not to be arbitrarily deprived of one's property, as set forth in article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; suggests that Member States and the specialized agencies and other competent bodies of the UN system may wish to address, in particular, the right to own the following types of property: (a) personal property, including the residence of one's self and family; (b) economically productive property, including property associated with agriculture, commerce and industry.

Adopted without vote, 75th meeting

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Adopted at the 75th plenary meeting, 8 Dec. 1988.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 43rd session, Volume 1, 20 September-22 December 1988. - A/43/49. - 1989. - p. 200-201. - (GAOR, 43rd sess., Suppl. no. 49).