A/RES/74/191. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2019

• Resolution Number: A/RES/74/191
• Year: 2019
• Session: 74th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

30 D ecember 2019

19-223 99 (E) 0 901 20

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Seventy -fourth ses sion

Agen da item 83

The rul e of law at the nationa l and intern ational leve ls

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 18 December 2019

[on th e report of the Sixth Committ ee (A/74 /429 )]

74/191. The r ule of law a t the national an d inte rnatio nal levels

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g it s resolu tion 73 /207 of 20 Dece mber 20 18,

Reaf firm ing i ts co mmit men t to the pur poses an d princi ples of the Cha rter 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 r eiteratin g its determi nation to fos ter str ict

respe ct for t hem and to esta blish a just and lasting peace all over the wor ld,

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 th at th ey be long t o the univ ersal and indivisi ble co re

valu es and p rinciple s of the United Nations ,

Reaf firm ing a lso the need fo r univer sal adhe rence to and impl ementat ion of t he

rule of l aw at both the na tional and i nternati onal l evels and it s sole mn co mmitm ent

to an i nternati onal orde r based on the rule of law and in ternatio nal law, whi ch,

toge ther with the prin ciples o f justice , is esse ntial for peac eful coex istence and

coop eration among S tates,

Bear ing in mind that the activi ties of the U nited N ations carried out i n suppo rt

of e fforts o f Gover nments t o promo te and consoli date the rule o f law a re unde rtaken

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 t heir respe ctive

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 t he ru le o f law at th e 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 wledgin g that coll ective