A/RES/73/207. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

Resolution NumberA/RES/73/207
Year2018
Session73rd
IssuerGeneral Assembly of the United Nation
United Nations
A
/RES /73/ 207
General Assembly
Distr. : Genera l
11 Ja nuary 20 19
18-225 23 (E) 150119
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Seventy -third sess ion
Agen da item 86
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 20 December 2018
[on th e report of the Sixth Committ ee (A/73 /553 )]
73/207. The rule of law a t the nation al and international levels
The General Assembly ,
Reca llin g it s resolu tion 72 /119 of 7 Dec ember 2 017,
Reaf firm ing i ts comm itment t o the pu rposes and prin ciples o f the Ch arter of the
Unit ed Natio ns and internat ional la w, which a re indis pensabl e founda tions o f a more
peac eful, p rospero us and just world, and re iteratin g its determi nation to fos ter str ict
respe ct for t hem and to esta blish a just an d lastin g peace all ove r the wo rld,
Reaf firm ing that huma n rig hts, the r ule o f law and demo cracy are interlin ked
and mutua lly r einforci ng an d tha t the y belo ng to the unive rsal and i ndivisib le co re
valu es and p rinciple s of the United Nations ,
Reaf firming also the need fo r univer sal adhe rence to and imp lementa tion of the
rule of l aw at both the na tional and i nternati onal l evels and it s sole mn com mitment
to an i nternati onal orde r based on the rule of law and in ternatio nal law, whi ch,
toge ther wit h the pri nciples o f justice , is esse ntial for peacefu l coexist ence and
coop eration among S tates,
Bear ing in mind that the activi ties of the U nited N ations carried out in suppor t
of e fforts o f Gover nments t o promo te and consoli date the rule o f law a re und ertake n
in ac cordanc e with the Charter, and stre ssing the need to strength en suppo rt to
Memb er States , upon thei r request , in the dom estic impl ementat ion of thei r respect ive
inter nationa l obli gations thro ugh en hanced tech nical assista nce a nd cap acity -
buil ding ,
Conv ince d tha t the adv ancemen t of th e ru le of law a t the nat ional and
inter nationa l l evels is ess ential for t he realizat ion of susta ined econo mic growt h,
sust ainable develop ment, the eradica tion of poverty and hun ger and t he prote ction of
all huma n right s and fund amental freedo ms, an d ackno wledging that coll ective
secur ity de pends on effec tive c ooperati on, in ac cordance with the Ch arter a nd
inter nationa l law, aga inst tra nsnation al threa ts,

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