A/RES/76/161. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2021

• Resolution Number: A/RES/76/161
• Session: 76th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/ 76/1 61

General Assembly

Distr.: General

7 Jan uary 2022

21-19206 (E) 140122

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Seven ty-sixth session

Agenda item 7 4 (b)

Promot ion and protection of human rights: human

rights question s, inclu ding alter native ap proaches for

improv ing the effec tive enjoy ment of human rights a nd

funda mental fre edoms

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 16 December 2021

[on th e report of t he Third Comm ittee (A/ 76/462/Add. 2, para. 114) ]

76/16 1. Human rights an d un ilat eral co erciv e m easu res

The Ge neral As sembly,

Recalling al l its previous resolutio ns on this s ubject, the mos t recen t of w hich

was resolut ion 75/181 of 16 D ecember 2020, and Huma n Rights Counci l dec ision

18/120 of 30 September 2011

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and re solutions 24/14 of 27 September 2013,

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27/21 of

26 Sep tembe r 2014,

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30/2 of 1 Octobe r 2015,

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36/10 of 28 Septem ber 2017,

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37/21 of

23 March 2018,

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40/3 of 21 March 2019,

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43/15 of 22 June 2020

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and 46 /5 of

23 March 2021,

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as well as previous resoluti ons of the Cou ncil and the Co mmission

on Hum an Right s,

Reaffirming the pertinent princi ples and pro visions containe d in th e Ch arter of

Econo mic Rights and Duties of States proc laimed by the General Assembl y in its

resolu tion 3281 (XXIX) of 12 Decem ber 1974, in particu lar article 32 thereo f, in

which it de clared that n o State may us e or e ncourage the u se of economic, politi cal

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1

See Of ficial Reco rds of the Ge neral Asse mbly, S ixty- sixth Sessi on, Su pple ment N o. 53 A and

corr igendu m (A /66/53 /Add. 1 and A/66 /53/A dd.1/ Corr.1) , cha p. III .

2

Ibid., Sixty -eight h Ses sion, Suppl ement No. 53A ( A/68/5 3/Add .1), chap. III.

3

Ibid., Sixty -ninth Sess ion, S upple ment No. 53 A an d corr igend a (A/ 69/53/ Add.1 ,

A/69 /53/A dd.1/ Corr.1 and A/ 69/53/ Add.1 /Corr. 2), ch ap. I V, s ect. A .

4

Ibid., Seven tieth Sessi on, Su pplem ent N o. 53 A (A/ 70/53/ Add.1 ), ch ap. II I.

5

Ibid., Seven ty-se cond S essio n, Sup pleme nt No . 53A (A/7 2/53/ Add.1 ), cha p. III .

6

Ibid., Seven ty-th ird Ses sion, Suppl ement No. 5 3 (A /73/53 ), ch ap. I V, s ect. A.

7

Ibid., Seven ty-fo urth S ession , Sup pleme nt No. 53 (A/74/ 53), chap. IV, sect. A.

8

Ibid., Seven ty-fif th Se ssion, Suppl emen t No. 53 ( A/75/5 3), ch ap. I V, s ect. A .

9

Ibid., Seven ty-si xth Se ssion, Supp lemen t No. 53 ( A/76/5 3), ch ap. V, s ect. A.