A/RES/59/193. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2004

• Resolution Number: A/RES/59/193
• Year: 2004
• Session: 59th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/59/193

General Assembly Distr.: General

18 March 2005

Fifty-ninth session

Agenda item 105 (b)

04-48784

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2004

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/59/503/Add.2)]

59/193. Promotion of a democratic and equitable

international order

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolution 57/213 of 18 December 2002, and taking note of

Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/64 of 21 April 2004,

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Reaffirming

the commitment of all States to fulfil their obligations to promote

universal respect for, and observance and protection of, all human rights and

fundamental freedoms for all, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,

other instruments relating to human rights and international law,

Affirming

that the enhancement of international cooperation for the promotion

and protection of all human rights should continue to be carried out in full

conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charter and international law as

set forth in Articles 1 and 2 of the Charter and, inter alia, with full respect for

sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence, the non-use of force or the

threat of force in international relations and non-intervention in matters that are

essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any State,

Recalling

the Preamble to the Charter, in particular the determination to

reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human

person and in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small,

Reaffirming

that everyone is entitled to a social and international order in

which the rights and freedoms set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human

Rights

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can be fully realized,

Reaffirming also

the determination expressed in the Preamble to the Charter to

save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to establish conditions under

which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources

of international law can be maintained, to promote social progress and better

standards of life in larger freedom, to practice tolerance and good-neighbourliness,

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1 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2004, Supplement No. 3 (E/2004/23), chap. II,

sect. A.

2 Resolution 217 A (III).