A/HRC/RES/32/28
Against:
Belgium, France, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Republic of Korea,
Slovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Abstaining:
Albania, Georgia, Portugal, Switzerland]
Annex
Declaration on the Right to Peace
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,
Recalling also the Declaration on the Right to Development, the United Nations
Millennium Declaration, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the
Sustainable Development Goals, and the 2005 World Summit Outcome,
Recalling further the Declaration on the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace,
the Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace and the Declaration and Programme of
Action on a Culture of Peace, and other international instruments relevant to the subject of
the present Declaration,
Recalling the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries
and Peoples,
Recalling also that the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning
Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the
United Nations solemnly proclaimed the principle that States shall refrain in their
international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or
political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes
of the United Nations; the principle that States shall settle their international disputes by
peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not
endangered; the duty not to intervene in matters within the domestic jurisdiction of any
State, in accordance with the Charter; the duty of States to cooperate with one another in
accordance with the Charter; the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples;
the principle of the sovereign equality of States; and the principle that States shall fulfil in
good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the Charter,
Reaffirming the obligations of all Member States, as enshrined in the Charter, to
refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial
integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with
the purposes of the United Nations, and to settle their international disputes by peaceful
means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not
endangered,
Acknowledging that the fuller development of a culture of peace is integrally linked
to the realization of the right of all peoples, including those living under colonial or other
forms of alien domination or foreign occupation, to self-determination as enshrined in the
Charter and embodied in the International Covenants on Human Rights, as well as in the
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