A/RES/74/151. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2019

• Resolution Number: A/RES/74/151
• Year: 2019
• Session: 74th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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/RES /74/ 151

General Assembly

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Seventy -fourth ses sion

Agen da item 70 (b)

Promoti on and protect ion of huma n rights: human rights

questio ns, includin g alternativ e approaches for improving

the eff ective enjoy ment of huma n rights and fundamental

freedoms

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 18 December 2019

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/74/ 399/ Add.2 )]

74/151. Streng thening Uni ted Na tions action in the field of human rights

through the promotio n of internationa l coop eratio n an d the

importance o f non -selectivity, imparti ality and objectiv ity

The General Assembly ,

Bear ing in mi nd that among the purpo ses of t he U nited Nation s are tho se o f

deve loping frie ndly relati ons among nati ons based on res pect for the prin ciple of

equa l rights and sel f-deter mination of peop les and taking o ther ap propriat e measur es

to st rengthe n univer sal pea ce, as well as a chievin g intern ational coop eration in

solvi ng inte rnationa l probl ems of an econ omic, s ocial, c ultural or huma nitaria n

char acter and in pro moting and enc ouragin g res pect for hum an r ights and

fund amental freedoms for all w ithout di stinctio n as to ra ce, sex, l anguage or religi on,

Desi rous of a chieving further pr ogress in in ternatio nal coope ration in pr omoting

and encourag ing resp ect for human rights a nd fund amental freedom s,

Cons ider ing tha t su ch inte rnationa l c ooperati on shou ld b e b ased on the

princ iples emb odied in int ernatio nal law, espec ially the Ch arter of th e United Na tions,

as well a s the Univer sal De claratio n of Human Rights,

1

the Intern ational Covena nts

on H uman Ri ghts

2

and other r elevant instrume nts,

Deep ly convin ced that United N ations a ction in t he field o f human ri ghts sho uld

be bas ed not onl y on a profo und unde rstandin g of the bro ad range o f problem s

exist ing in all soc ieties but also on ful l respe ct for t he poli tical, e conomic and so cial

reali ties of each of them, i n strict complia nce with the pu rposes a nd princ iples of the

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1

Resolut ion 21 7 A (III) .

2

Resolut ion 22 00 A (XXI ), ann ex.