A/RES/64/171. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2009

• Resolution Number: A/RES/64/171
• Session: 64th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/64/171

General Assembly Distr.: General

24 March 2010

Sixty-fourth session

Agenda item 69 (b)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2009

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/64/439/Add.2 (Part II))]

64/171. Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of

human rights

The General Assembly

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Reaffirming its commitment

to promoting international cooperation, as set

forth in the Charter of the United Nations, in particular Article 1, paragraph 3, as

well as relevant provisions of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993

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for enhancing

genuine cooperation among Member States in the field of human rights,

Recalling

its adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration on

8 September 2000

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and of its resolution 63/180 of 18 December 2008, Human

Rights Council resolution 10/6 of 26 March 2009

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and the resolutions of the

Commission on Human Rights on the enhancement of international cooperation in

the field of human rights,

Recalling also

the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination,

Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held at Durban, South Africa, from 31 August

to 8 September 2001, and the Durban Review Conference, held at Geneva from 20

to 24 April 2009, and their role in the enhancement of international cooperation in

the field of human rights,

Recognizing

that the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of

human rights is essential for the full achievement of the purposes of the United

Nations, including the effective promotion and protection of all human rights,

Recognizing also

that the promotion and protection of human rights should be

based on the principle of cooperation and genuine dialogue and aimed at

strengthening the capacity of Member States to comply with their human rights

obligations for the benefit of all human beings,

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1 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.

2 See resolution 55/2.

3 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/64/53), chap. II,

sect. A.