A/RES/71/193. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2016

• Resolution Number: A/RES/71/193
• Year: 2016
• Session: 71st
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/71/193

General Assembly

Distr.: General

20 January 2017

Seventy-first session

Agenda item 68 (b)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2016

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/71/484/Add.2)]

71/193 . Human rights and unilate ral coercive m easures

The General Assembly ,

Reca lling a ll its previo us res olutions on this s ubject, the most r ecent of whi ch

was reso lution 70/1 51 of 17 De cember 2015 , a nd H uman Rights Co uncil decis ion

18/1 20 of 30 S eptembe r 2011

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and reso lutions 24/1 4 of 27 S eptembe r 201 3,

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27/2 1

of 26 Septe mber 2 014

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and 30/2 of 1 O ctober 2015,

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as well a s prev ious r esolutio ns

of th e Counc il and t he Comm ission o n Huma n Rights ,

Reaf firmi ng the pe rtinent princip les an d provi sions containe d in t he Cha rter o f

Econ omic Rights and Dut ies of States procl aimed by the Gener al A ssembly in its

resol ution 328 1 (XXIX ) of 12 Dece mber 1974 , in partic ular articl e 32 ther eof, in

whic h it declared that no S tate may us e or encoura ge the use of eco nomic, politi cal

or any o ther t ype o f meas ures t o coer ce an other State in ord er to obtai n from it the

subo rdinatio n of the exercis e of its soverei gn right s,

Taking n ote of the reports o f the Spec ial Rapp orteur of t he Hum an Rights

Coun cil on the n egative impact of un ilatera l coerc ive mea sures on the enjoy ment of

huma n rights, sub mitted pu rsuant to Ge neral Asse mbly reso lution 70/1 51

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and to

Huma n Rig hts Co uncil resolut ions 27/21 and 30/2,

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and recal ling t he re ports of the

Secr etar y-Gen eral o n the impl ementat ion of Asse mbly reso lutions 52/1 20 of

12 Dece mber 19 97

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and 55/110 o f 4 Decemb er 2000 ,

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Stres sing tha t unil ateral coe rcive meas ures a nd legi slation ar e contr ary to

inter nationa l law, interna tional humani tarian law, t he Cha rter o f the United Nati ons

and t he norm s and p rinciple s govern ing pea ceful re lations among S tates,

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1

See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53A and corrigendum

(A/66/53/Add.1 and Corr.1), chap. III.

2

Ibid., Sixty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/68/53/Add.1), chap. III.

3

Ibid., Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 53A and corrigenda (A/69/53/Add.1 and Corr.1 and 2),

chap. IV, sect. A.

4

Ibid., Seventieth Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/70/53/Add.1), chap. III.

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A/71/287.

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A/HRC/33/48.

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A/53/293 and Add.1.

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A/56/207 and Add.1.