A/RES/70/185. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/185
• Year: 2015
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/70/185

General Assembly

Distr.: General

4 February 2016

Seventieth session

Agenda item 18 (a)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2015

[on the report of the Second Committee (A/70/470/Add.1)]

70/185 . Unila teral economic meas ures as a mean s of political and

econom ic coercion ag ainst developing co untries

The General Assembly ,

Reca lling the releva nt princ iples se t forth in the C harter o f the Un ited Na tions,

Reaf firmi ng the Decl aration on P rincipl es of In ternatio nal Law concer ning

Frie ndly Re lations and Coopera tion a mong St ates i n accor dance with t he Char ter of

the United Natio ns,

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whi ch sta tes, in ter ali a, tha t no State may use or encourag e the

use of unil ateral economic , polit ical or any o ther typ e of m easures to coe rce ano ther

Stat e in or der to obtain fro m i t t he subordin ation of the exer cise of its sover eign

right s,

Bear ing in mind the ge neral p rinciple s gover ning th e intern ational trad ing

syst em a nd trade polici es for develop ment contai ned in r elevant res olutions , ru les

and provisio ns of t he Unite d Natio ns and t he World Tra de Organ ization,

Reca lling it s resolu tions 4 4/215 o f 22 De cember 1989, 46/210 of 20 D ecember

1991 , 4 8/168 o f 2 1 Decemb er 199 3, 50/9 6 o f 20 Decemb er 1995 , 5 2/181 of

18 Dece mber 199 7, 54/200 of 22 De cember 19 99, 56/17 9 of 21 Dece mber 200 1,

58/1 98 of 2 3 Decemb er 200 3, 60/18 5 of 2 2 Decem ber 200 5, 62/18 3 of 19 Decemb er

2007 , 6 4/189 of 21 Decemb er 2009, 66/ 186 of 22 De cember 20 11 and 68 /200 of

20 Dece mber 20 13,

Grav ely con cerned that the use of u nilatera l coer cive ec onomic me asures

adve rsely af fects th e econo mies a nd the d evelopm ent effo rts of d evelopi ng coun tries

in pa rticular and has a ge neral ne gative im pact on inter nationa l eco nomic

coop eration an d on worldw ide effort s t o move towa rds a non -discrimi natory and

open multila teral tr ading s ystem,

Reco gniz ing that su ch meas ures co nstitut e a fla grant vi olation of the princip les

of internat ional law as set f orth i n the Charter, as w ell as the b asic p rinciple s of the

multi lateral trading system,

1. Takes note o f the re port of t he Sec retary-Ge nera l;

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Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.

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A/70/152.