A/RES/69/195. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2014

• Resolution Number: A/RES/69/195
• Year: 2014
• Session: 69th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/69/195

General Assembly Distr.: General

26 January 2015

Sixty-ninth session

Agenda item 105

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2014

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/69/489)]

69/195. Rule of law, crime prevention and criminal justice in the

United Nations development agenda beyond 2015

The General Assembly

,

Reaffirming its commitment

to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the

United Nations and international law,

Reaffirming also its commitment

to the declaration of the high-level meeting of

the General Assembly on the rule of law at the national and international levels,

1

Strongly determined

to reinvigorate political will and to raise the level of the

international community’s commitment to moving the sustainable development

agenda forward, through the achievement of the internationally agreed development

goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,

Reaffirming

the necessity of respecting and protecting human rights and

fundamental freedoms in the prevention of crime and the administration of and

access to justice, including criminal justice,

Taking note

of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “A life of dignity

for all: accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and

advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015”,

2

and noting the

recommendations of the Secretary-General’s High-level Panel of Eminent Persons

on the Post-2015 Development Agenda,

3

Noting

the activity of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development

Goals,

Noting also

the thematic and national consultations on the post-2015 United

Nations development agenda organized by the United Nations Development Group

in many countries,

Reiterating

that the rule of law and development are interrelated and mutually

reinforcing and that the advancement of the rule of law at the national and

international levels is essential for sustained and inclusive economic growth,

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1 Resolution 67/1.

2 A/68/202 and Corr.1.

3 See A/67/890, annex.