Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 138 Right of peoples to peace, published in 1984.

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2 subjects

Declarations (Text)Right to Peace

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2 operative paragraphs

Approves the Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace, the text of which is annexed to the present resolu tion;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the widest dissemination of the Declaration to States, intergovern mental and non-governmental organizations as well as other appropriate organizations.

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Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace

The General Assembly,

Reaffirming that the principal aim of the United Nations is the mainte nance of international peace and security,

Bearing in mind the fundamental principles of international law set forth in the Charter of the United Nations.

Expressing the will and the aspirations of all peoples to eradicate war from the life of mankind and, above all. to avert a world-wide nuclear catastrophe,

Convinced that life without war serves as the primary international pre requisite for the material well-being, development and progress of coun tries, and for the full implementation of the rights and fundamental human freedoms proclaimed by the United Nations,

Aware that in the nuclear age the establishment of a lasting peace on Earth represents the primary condition for the preservation of human civi lization and the survival of mankind,

Recognizing that the maintenance of a peaceful life for peoples is the sacred duty of each State,

I. Solemnly proclaims that the peoples of our planet have a sacred right to peace;

Solemnly declares that the preservation of the right of peoples to peace and the promotion of its implementation constitute a fundamental obligation of each State;

Emphasizes that ensuring the exercise of the right of peoples to peace demands that the policies of States be directed towards the elimination of the threat of war, particularly nuclear war, the renunciation of the use of force in international relations and the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means on the basis of the Charter of the United Nations;

Appe^ls to all States and international organizations to do their utmost to assist in implementing the right of peoples to peace through the adoption of appropriate measures at both the national and the interna tional level.

34 Jnternational Atomic Energy Agency, The Annual Report for 1983 (Aus 35 Official Records ul the General Assembly. Thinv-nmth Sesswn. Plenar.v tria, July 1984) (GC(XXVlll)/713 and Add. I and 2); transmitted to the \feelings, 58th meeting. paras. 2-34. members of the General Assembly by a note of the Secretary-General (A/391 l6 Resolution 2373 (XXll). annex. 458 and Add. I).

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