A/HRC/RES/30/29
Stressing the need for adequate financing of and technology transfer to developing
countries, in particular landlocked developing countries and small island developing States,
including to support their efforts to adapt to climate change,
Resolved to take all measures within its power to secure a democratic and equitable
international order,
1.
Reaffirms that everyone is entitled to a democratic and equitable international
order;
2.
Also reaffirms that a democratic and equitable international order fosters the
full realization of all human rights for all;
3.
Declares that democracy includes respect for all human rights and
fundamental freedoms and is a universal value based on the freely expressed will of people
to determine their own political, economic, social and cultural systems and their full
participation in all aspects of their lives, and reaffirms the need for universal adherence to
and implementation of the rule of law at both the national and international levels;
4.
Reaffirms the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in particular the
principle that the will of the people, as expressed through periodic and genuine elections,
shall be the basis of government authority, as well as the right to choose representatives
freely through periodic and genuine elections, which shall be by universal and equal
suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures;
5.
Calls upon all Member States to fulfil their commitment expressed during the
World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa, to maximize the benefits of globalization
through, inter alia, the strengthening and enhancement of international cooperation to
increase equality of opportunities for trade, economic growth and sustainable development,
global communications through the use of new technologies and increased intercultural
exchange through the preservation and promotion of cultural diversity, and reiterates that
only through broad and sustained efforts to create a shared future based upon our common
humanity and all its diversity can globalization be made fully inclusive and equitable;
6.
Reaffirms that a democratic and equitable international order requires, inter
alia, the realization of the following:
(a)
The right of all peoples to self-determination, by virtue of which they can
freely determine their political status and pursue freely their economic, social and cultural
development, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and relevant resolutions
of the United Nations;
(b)
The right of peoples and nations to permanent sovereignty over their natural
wealth and resources;
(c)
The right of every human person and all peoples to development;
(d)
The right of all peoples to peace;
(e)
The right to an international economic order based on equal participation in
the decision-making process, interdependence, mutual interest, solidarity and cooperation
among all States;
(f)
International solidarity, as a right of peoples and individuals;
(g)
The promotion and consolidation of transparent, democratic, just and
accountable international institutions in all areas of cooperation, in particular through the
implementation of the principle of full and equal participation in their respective decisionmaking mechanisms;
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