A/RES/63/189. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2008

• Resolution Number: A/RES/63/189
• Year: 2008
• Session: 63rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/63/189

General Assembly Distr.: General

18 March 2009

Sixty-third session

Agenda item 64 (b)

08-48213

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2008

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/63/430/Add.2)]

63/189. Promotion of a democratic and equitable international

order

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its previous resolutions on the promotion of a democratic and

equitable international order, including resolution 61/160 of 19 December 2006, and

taking note of Human Rights Council resolution 8/5 of 18 June 2008,

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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

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1 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/63/53), chap. III,

sect. A.

2 Resolution 217 A (III).