Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
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SymbolA/RES/63/179
TitleHuman rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
Urges all States to cease adopting or implementing any unilateral measures not in accordance with international law; strongly objects to the extraterritorial nature of those measures which threaten the sovereignty of States; condemns the continued unilateral application and enforcement by certain Powers of unilateral coercive measures; reaffirms that essential goods such as food and medicines should not be used as tools for political coercion and that under no circumstances should people be deprived of their own means of subsistence and development; underlines that unilateral coercive measures are one of the major obstacles to the implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development.
Action note2008-12-18
Vote summary
Adopted 132-54-0, 70th plenary meeting
DraftA/C.3/63/L.31
Committee reportA/63/430/Add.2
Meeting record
A/63/PV.70
Agenda information
A/63/251 64b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT
A/63/251 64b[21] SANCTIONS--INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
A/63/251 64b[21] SANCTIONS--INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Date[New York] : UN, 26 Mar. 2009
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5 p.
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Issued in GAOR, 63rd sess., Suppl. no. 49.