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24.
Decides to continue consideration of this question in conformity with the
annual programme of work of the Council.
33rd meeting
1 October 2010
[Adopted without a vote.]
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Human rights and unilateral coercive measures
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling also all previous resolutions on human rights and unilateral coercive
measures adopted by the Commission on Human Rights, the Council and the General
Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolution 12/22 of 2 October 2009 and General Assembly resolution
64/170 of 18 December 2009,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on this issue,39
Stressing that unilateral coercive measures and legislation are contrary to
international law, international humanitarian law, the Charter and the norms and principles
governing peaceful relations among States,
Recognizing the universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated character of
all human rights and, in this regard, reaffirming the right to development as a universal and
inalienable right and an integral part of all human rights,
Expressing its concern at the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on
human rights, development, international relations, trade, investment and cooperation,
Recalling the final document of the fifteenth summit of the Heads of State and
Government of the Non-Aligned Movement, held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in July 2009,
in which the States members of the Movement decided to oppose unilateralism and
unilaterally-imposed measures by certain States, which can lead to the erosion and violation
of the Charter and international law, the use and threat of use of force, and pressure and
coercive measures, as a means to achieving their national policy objectives, and to support,
in accordance with international law, the claim of affected States, including targeted States,
to compensation for damage incurred as a consequence of the implementation of
extraterritorial or unilateral coercive measures or laws,
Recalling also that the World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna from 14
to 25 June 1993, called upon States to refrain from any unilateral measure not in
accordance with international law and the Charter and that created obstacles to trade
relations among States and impeded the full realization of all human rights, and that also
severely threatened the freedom of trade,
Deeply concerned that, despite the resolutions adopted on this issue by the General
Assembly, the Council, the Commission on Human Rights and at United Nations
conferences held in the 1990s and at their five-year reviews, and contrary to norms of
international law and the Charter, unilateral coercive measures continue to be promulgated,
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