A/RES/73/170. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

• Resolution Number: A/RES/73/170
• Year: 2018
• Session: 73rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /73/ 170

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

8 Jan uary 20 19

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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 )]

73/170. Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full e njoyme nt

of all human rights by all

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g it s resol utions 65/222 of 21 De cember 2010, 67/173 of 20 De cember

2012 and 69/ 176 of 1 8 Decemb er 2014 , and Hu man Rig hts Coun cil reso lutions

20/1 5 of 5 Jul y 20 12,

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23/ 16 of 13 J une 2013,

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27/ 17 of 25 S eptembe r 20 14,

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30/1 2 of 1 October 2015

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and 35/4 of 2 2 June 2 017,

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ent itled “P romotion of the r ight

to pe ace”,

Reca lling al so its resoluti on 39/11 of 12 No vember 1984, e ntitled “Decla ration

on t he Right of Peop les to P eace”, and the United Nations Millenn ium Dec laratio n,

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Dete rmin ed to fos ter stri ct resp ect for the p urposes and pr inciples enshri ned in

the Charter of the U nited N ations,

Bear ing i n min d th at on e of the purpo ses o f the Unit ed N ations is t o ac hieve

inter nationa l coo peration in solvin g in ternatio nal p roblems of an economi c, so cial,

cultu ral or huma nitarian characte r and in prom oting and e ncourag ing respec t for

huma n rights and for fu ndament al freed oms for all witho ut distin ction as to race, s ex,

lang uage or religion ,

Unde rlin ing, in accor dance wit h the pur poses and princip les of the United

Nati ons, its f ull and ac tive sup port for t he United Nations and for t he enhanc ement of

its ro le and eff ectivene ss in str engtheni ng inter national peace an d securit y and just ice

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See Off icial Records of the Gener al Asse mbly, Si xty-s eventh Sessio n, Sup plemen t No. 53 and

corr igenda (A/67/ 53, A/6 7/53 /Co rr.1 and A/67 /53 /Cor r.2), c hap. IV, s ect. A.

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Ibid., Sixty-e ighth Sessio n, Supp lement No. 53 (A/ 68/5 3), c hap. V, sec t. A.

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Ibid., Sixty-n inth S ession , Suppl ement No. 53A a nd corr igenda (A/69 /53/ Add .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., Seventi eth Se ssion, Supple ment No. 53A (A /70/ 53/ Add. 1), c hap. III.

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Ibid., Seventy -secon d Sess ion, S uppleme nt No . 53 (A/7 2/53 ), cha p. V, sect. A.

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Resolut ion 55 /2.