A/RES/73/167. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

• Resolution Number: A/RES/73/167
• Year: 2018
• Session: 73rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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/RES /73/ 167

General Assembly

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18 J anuary 2 019

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Seventy -third sess ion

Agen da item 74 (b)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 17 December 2018

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/73/ 589/ Add.2 )]

73/167. Human rights and unilat eral coercive meas ures

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g all its previ ous re solution s on this s ubject, the most re cent o f whic h

was reso lution 72/1 68 of 19 Dec ember 2017 , an d H uman Rights Cou ncil decisi on

18/1 20 of 3 0 Septemb er 2011

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and re solution s 24/14 of 27 Sept ember 201 3,

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27/ 21 of

26 Sept ember 2 014,

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30/ 2 of 1 Oct ober 20 15,

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36/ 10 of 28 Sept ember 2 017

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an d

37/2 1 of 23 March 201 8,

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a s well as previ ous resol utions of the Council an d the

Comm ission on Huma n Right s,

Reaf firm ing the p ertinent princi ples an d provi sions c ontaine d in t he Cha rter of

Econ omic Rights and Du ties of States proc laimed by the Gener al Ass embly in its

resol ution 328 1 (XXIX) of 12 Decembe r 1974, in pa rticular a rticle 32 the reof, in

whic h it declared that no S tate m ay use or e ncourag e the use o f eco nomic, politic al

or any o ther t ype of meas ures to coer ce ano ther S tate i n ord er to obtain from it t he

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

Taking n ote of the r eports of t he Speci al Rappor teur of th e Human R ights

Coun cil on the ne gative impact of uni lateral coerci ve meas ures o n the enjoyme nt of

huma n rights, sub mitted pu rsuant to Ge neral Assemb ly resolut ion 72/168

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a nd to

Huma n Rig hts C ouncil resolu tions 27/21 a nd 30 /2,

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and recal ling t he re ports of th e

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See Officia l Reco rds of t he Gen eral As sembly, Sixty -sixth Sessi on, Sup plemen t No. 53A and

corri gendu m (A/6 6/53 /Add .1 and A/6 6/53 /Add .1/ Corr.1 ), ch ap. III.

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Ibid. , Sixt y-eigh th Sess ion, S upplem ent No . 53A (A/6 8/5 3/Ad d.1 ), chap . III.

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Ibid. , Sixt y-nint h Sessi on, Su ppleme nt No. 53A and c orrigen da (A /69/ 53/A dd. 1,

A/69 /53/ Add. 1/C orr.1 an d A/69/5 3/Ad d.1/ Cor r.2), c hap. IV, s ect. A.

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Ibid. , Seve ntieth Sessio n, Sup plemen t No. 53A (A/70/ 53/ Add. 1), c hap. III.

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Ibid. , Seve nty-se cond S ession, Suppl ement No. 53A (A /72 /53/ Add. 1), c hap. III.

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Ibid. , Seve nty-th ird Ses sion, S upplem ent N o. 53 (A/7 3/53 ) c hap. IV, s ect. A.

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A/73 /175 .

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A/HR C/3 6/44 .