A/RES/75/1. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2020

• Resolution Number: A/RES/75/1
• Session: 75th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /75/ 1

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

28 S eptember 2020

20-125 89 (E) 300920

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Seventy -fifth sessi on

Agen da item 128 (a)

Strength ening of the United Nat ions system:

strength ening of the United Nat ions system

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on

21 September 2020

[witho ut reference to a Mai n Commit tee (A/7 5/L.1)]

75/1. Declaration on the comme moration of the seventy -fifth

anniver sary of the United Nati ons

The General Assembl y

Adop ts t he follo wing de claratio n:

Dec laration on the commemoration of the seventy -fifth

anniver sary of the United Nati ons

1. We, the Heads of S tate a nd G overnmen t rep resenti ng th e peo ples of th e

worl d, have gathered on 21 Septem ber 2020 at the high-le vel mee ting of the Gen eral

Asse mbly t o comm emorat e the seventy -fifth anniv ersary of th e Unit ed Nat ions. We

do so with a s ense of awe and d eep resp ect for t he foun ders who created this

Organ ization. Ther e is no other global orga nizatio n wit h the legi timacy, conveni ng

powe r a nd normativ e i mpact of the Uni ted Nation s. N o o ther globa l or ganizati on

give s hope to so many p eople f or a b etter world a nd can deliver the f uture w e want .

The urgen cy for all count ries t o com e tog ether, to f ulfil the promis e of the nations

unit ed, has r arely b een grea ter.

2. Born out of t he horro rs of the Second Wor ld War, the U nited N ations, a s a

comm on endeavo ur for humani ty, w as establis hed to save succe eding gene rations

from the scourg e of war. Even in t imes of gr eat g lobal challen ges a nd te nsion, our

Organ ization has c atalysed decolon ization, promote d freedo m, shape d norms fo r

inter nationa l deve lopment and worked to er adicate disea se. The Unite d Nati ons ha s

help ed to m itigate dozens of con flicts, saved h undred s of t housand s of liv es thro ugh

huma nitarian actio n and provide d milli ons of childr en with the e ducatio n that every

child d eserves. I t h as worked to p romote an d p rotect all hu man right s and funda mental

free doms f or al l, inc luding the equal rights of women and men. The Charter of the