A/HRC/27/51 Contents Paragraphs Page I. Introduction............................................................................................................. 1 3 II. Activities ................................................................................................................. 2–5 3 III. Facts and challenges ............................................................................................... 6–34 5 IV. V. VI. A. Human security............................................................................................... 10–15 7 B. The sword of Damocles and nuclear annihilation........................................... 16–20 9 C. Obstacles ........................................................................................................ 21–34 10 Good practices and positive developments ............................................................. 35–62 13 A. United Nations Conference on Disarmament ................................................. 36–37 13 B. General Assembly resolutions and Secretary-General Pronouncements ........ 38–39 14 C. Role of the International Court of Justice....................................................... 40–42 15 D. Arms trade and zones of peace ....................................................................... 43–44 15 E. Recent studies on the negative impact on economic growth of inequality in wealth distribution .......................................................................................... 45–48 16 F. The Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review mechanism .... 49–53 17 G. Human Rights Council workshop on unilateral coercive measures................ 54–57 19 H. International Day of Peace and Global Day of Action on Military Spending 58–59 20 I. Brussels Declaration ....................................................................................... 60–62 20 Conclusions and recommendations......................................................................... 63–88 21 A. Conclusions .................................................................................................... 63–66 21 B. Recommendations .......................................................................................... 67–88 22 Postscript................................................................................................................. 89–90 24 Excerpts from or full text of relevant documents............................................................................. 26 Agenda for the expert consultation, 15 May 2014 ........................................................................... 28 Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace, 29 January 2014 (full text) .................................................. 29 PEN International Bled Manifesto of the Writers for Peace Committee (full text) ......................... 31 Declaration of Brussels: Toward a democratic and equitable international order, 16/17 October 2013 (full text).......................................................................................................... 33 Danish Institute of Human Rights submission on participation....................................................... 35 The fifteen countries with the highest military expenditures in 2013 .............................................. 37 Comparison of budget share allocated to military, education and health care ................................. 38 Allocation of income tax dollars 2013 (United States of America) ................................................. 39 World nuclear forces........................................................................................................................ 41 Annexes 2