3.
Condemns the continued unilateral application and enforcement by
certain Powers of such measures as tools of political or economic pressure against any
country, particularly against developing countries, with a view to preventing these
countries from exercising their right to decide, of their own free will, their own
political, economic and social systems;
4.
Reiterates its call upon Member States that have initiated such
measures to abide by the principles of international law, the Charter of the United
Nations, the declarations of the United Nations and world conferences and relevant
resolutions and to commit themselves to their obligations and responsibilities arising
from the international human rights instruments to which they are parties by putting
an immediate end to such measures;
5.
Reaffirms, in this context, the right of all peoples to self-determination,
by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their
economic, social and cultural development;
6.
Recalls that, according to the Declaration on Principles of International
Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with
the Charter of the United Nations, contained in the annex to General Assembly
resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, and according to the relevant principles
and provisions contained in the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States
proclaimed by the Assembly in its resolution 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, in
particular article 32, no State may use or encourage the use of economic, political or
any other type of measures to coerce another State in order to obtain from it the
subordination of the exercise of its sovereign rights and to secure from it advantages
of any kind;
7.
Reaffirms that essential goods such as food and medicines should not
be used as tools for political coercion and that under no circumstances should people
be deprived of their own means of subsistence and development;
8.
Underlines that unilateral coercive measures are one of the major
obstacles to the implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development and,
in this regard, calls upon all States to avoid the unilateral imposition of economic
coercive measures and the extraterritorial application of domestic laws which run
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