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5.
Urges all actors on the international scene to build an international order
based on inclusion, justice, peace, equality and equity, human dignity, mutual understanding
and promotion of and respect for cultural diversity and universal human rights, and to reject
all doctrines of exclusion based on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance;
6.
Reaffirms that all States should promote the establishment, maintenance and
strengthening of international peace and security and, to that end, should do their utmost to
achieve general and complete disarmament under effective international control, as well as to
ensure that the resources released by effective disarmament measures are used for
comprehensive development, in particular that of developing countries;
7.
Expresses its rejection of unilateralism and stresses its commitment to
multilateralism and multilaterally agreed solutions, in accordance with the Charter of the
United Nations and international law, as the only reasonable method of addressing international
problems;
8.
Recalls the proclamation by the General Assembly of its determination to work
urgently for the establishment of an international economic order based on equity, sovereign
equality, interdependence, common interest and cooperation among all States, irrespective of
their economic and social systems, which shall correct inequalities and redress existing
injustices, make it possible to eliminate the widening gap between the developed and the
developing countries, and ensure steadily accelerating economic and social development and
peace and justice for present and future generations;
9.
Reaffirms that the international community should devise ways and means to remove
current obstacles and meet the challenges to the full realization of all human rights and to
prevent the continuation of human rights violations resulting there from throughout the world;
10. Urges States to continue their efforts, through enhanced international cooperation,
towards the establishment of a democratic and equitable international order;
11. Requests the human rights treaty bodies, the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights and the mechanisms of the Human Rights Council and
the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee to pay due attention, within their respective
mandates, to the present resolution and to make contributions towards its implementation;
12. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention
of Member States, United Nations organs, bodies and components, intergovernmental
organizations, in particular the Bretton Woods institutions, and non-governmental organizations
and to disseminate it on the widest possible basis;
13. Decides to continue consideration of the matter under the same agenda item in
accordance with the annual program of work.
28th meeting
18 June 2008
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