Contribution of Respect for All Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms to Achieving the Purposes and Upholding the Principles of the Charter of the United Nations

A/HRC/RES/44/23View PDF

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A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 8 Follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, published in 2020.

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Anniversaries Human Rights Principles Report Preparation

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Welcomes the Secretary-General’s work in calling attention to human rights as core to the work of the United Nations;

Reaffirms, on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, the commitment of the Human Rights Council to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and its interlinked and mutually reinforcing pillars of peace and security, development, and human rights, which are the indispensable foundation of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world, and reiterates its determination to foster strict respect for those purposes and principles;

Also reaffirms that all human rights and fundamental freedoms are universal, indivisible, interdependent, interrelated and mutually reinforcing;

Encourages States to use the anniversary as an opportunity to raise awareness of the work of the United Nations and of the importance of respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms, international cooperation, unity, solidarity and collective action, based on a multilateral approach and strong international institutions, in addressing global challenges;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report on the contribution of the respect for all universal, indivisible, interdependent, interrelated and mutually reinforcing human rights and fundamental freedoms to achieving the purposes and upholding the principles of the Charter, based on good practices, challenges and lessons learned, and to submit the report to the Human Rights Council at its forty-eighth session;

Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner, when preparing its report, to seek input from all relevant stakeholders, including States, organizations of the United Nations system, national human rights institutions, academia, civil society organizations and human rights defenders;

Further requests the Office of the High Commissioner to ensure that its report is published in an accessible format.

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