A/RES/69/173. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2014

• Resolution Number: A/RES/69/173
• Session: 69th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES/69/173

General Assembly

Distr.: General

18 February 2015

Sixty-ninth session

Agenda item 68 (b)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2014

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/69/488/Add. 2 and Corr.1)]

69/173. Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all

human rights

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Reaffirming

t he p urpose s and prin ciples of the Charter of the Unite d Nat ions,

and expres sing, in p articul ar, th e ne ed to ach ieve inte rnation al c ooperat ion in

prom oting and encour aging respe ct for hum an ri ghts and f undame ntal freedom s for

all without distin ction,

Reca lling

the Univer sal Declara tion of Human Rig hts,

1

as well as the Vienn a

Dec laratio n and Progr amme of Ac tion adopte d by the Wo rld Co nferen ce on Huma n

Righ ts on 25 Jun e 199 3,

2

the Durba n Dec laratio n and Progra mme o f Acti on ado pted

by the Worl d C onfere nce agains t R acism, Ra cial Disc riminat ion, Xeno phobia an d

Rela ted Into lerance on 8 Sep tember 2 001,

3

the o utcome d ocumen t of the Du rban

Revi ew C onfere nce, adopte d on 24 Ap ril 2 009,

4

and the poli tical declar ation of the

high -level meet ing o f the Gener al A ssembl y to comme morate the tenth anniv ersary

of the ad option of the Durb an De clarati on an d Pro gramme of Actio n, en titled

“Uni ted agains t ra cism, racia l dis crimina tion, xeno phobia and rel ated intoler ance”,

of 2 2 Septe mber 2 011,

5

Reca lling al so

the Inte rnatio nal Covena nt on Civil a nd Politi cal Rights

6

and

the Interna tional Covena nt on E conom ic, Soc ial and Cultur al Rig hts,

6

Reca lling furthe r

t he Dec laratio n on the R ight to De velopm ent ad opted by t he

Gene ral Asse mbly i n its r esoluti on 41/1 28 of 4 Dece mber 19 86,

Reca lling

the U nited N ations M illenni um Dec laratio n

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and th e outc ome

docu ments of th e t wenty- third

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and t wenty-f ourth

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spe cial sess ions of the Ge neral

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1

Resolution 217 A (III).

2

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

3

See A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1, chap. I.

4

See A/CONF.211/8, chap. I.

5

Resolution 66/3.

6

See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

7

Resolution 55/2.

8

Resolution S-23/2, annex, and resolution S-23/3, annex.

9

Resolution S-24/2, annex.