A/RES/58/13. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2003

• Resolution Number: A/RES/58/13
• Session: 58th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/58/13

General Assembly Distr.: General

24 November 2003

Fifty-eighth session

Agenda item 20

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 November 2003

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/L.15 and Add.1)]

58/13. Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of

Governments to promote and consolidate new or

restored democracies

The General Assembly

,

Bearing in mind

the indissoluble links between the principles embodied in the

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1

and the foundations of any democratic

society,

Recalling

its resolutions 49/30 of 7 December 1994, 50/133 of 20 December

1995, 51/31 of 6 December 1996, 52/18 of 21 November 1997, 53/31 of

23 November 1998, 54/36 of 29 November 1999, 55/43 of 27 November 2000,

56/96 of 14 December 2001 and 56/269 of 27 March 2002,

Recalling also

the United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted by heads of

State and Government on 8 September 2000,

2

in particular paragraphs 6 and 24

thereof,

Recalling further

the declarations and plans of action of the five international

conferences of new or restored democracies adopted in Manila in 1988, Managua in

1994, Bucharest in 1997, Cotonou in 2000 and Ulaanbaatar in 2003,

Recalling

that the Fifth International Conference of New or Restored

Democracies, which was held in Ulaanbaatar from 10 to 12 September 2003,

focused on democracy, good governance and civil society,

Considering

the major changes taking place on the international scene and the

aspirations of all peoples for an international order based on the principles enshrined

in the Charter of the United Nations, including the promotion and encouragement of

respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all and other important

principles, such as respect for the equal rights and self-determination of peoples,

peace, democracy, justice, equality, the rule of law, pluralism, development, better

standards of living and solidarity,

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1 Resolution 217 A (III).

2 See resolution 55/2.