A/HRC/9/28
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9/4. Human rights and unilateral coercive measures
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling also all previous resolutions on human rights and unilateral coercive measures
adopted by the Commission on Human Rights, the Council and the General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolution 6/7 of 28 September 2007 and Assembly resolution 62/162 of
18 December 2007,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on this issue (A/HRC/9/2),
Stressing that unilateral coercive measures and legislation are contrary to international law,
international humanitarian law, the Charter of the United Nations and the norms and principles
governing peaceful relations among States,
Recognizing the universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated character of all
human rights and, in this regard, reaffirming the right to development as a universal and
inalienable right and an integral part of all human rights,
Expressing its concern at the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures in the field of
human rights, development, international relations, trade, investment and cooperation,
Recalling the final document of the Fourteenth Conference of Heads of State or
Government of the Non-Aligned Movement, held in September 2006 in Havana and the final
document of the Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, held in Teheran in
July 2008, at which the high dignitaries of the Member States agreed to oppose and condemn
these measures or laws and their continued application, to persevere with efforts to effectively
reverse them and urged other States to do likewise, as called for by the General Assembly and
other United Nations organs, and to request States applying these measures or laws to revoke
them fully and immediately,
Recalling also that the World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna from 14 to
25 June 1993, called upon States to refrain from any unilateral measure not in accordance with
international law and the Charter of the United Nations that creates obstacles to trade relations
among States and impedes the full realization of all human rights, and also severely threatens the
freedom of trade,
Deeply concerned that, despite the resolutions adopted on this issue by the
General Assembly, the Council, the Commission on Human Rights and at United Nations
conferences held in the 1990s and at their five-year reviews, and contrary to norms of
international law and the Charter of the United Nations, unilateral coercive measures continue to
be promulgated, implemented and enforced, inter alia, by resorting to war and militarism, with
all their negative implications for the social-humanitarian activities and economic and social
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