Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention in the Domestic Affairs of States and the Protection of Their Independence and Sovereignty

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1966.

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3 subjects

Declarations (Text)Intervention Sovereignty

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8 operative paragraphs

No State has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any reason whatever, in the internal or external affairs of any other State. Consequently, armed intervention and all other forms of interference or attempted threats against the personality of the State or against its political, economic and cultural elements. are condemned.

No State may use or encourage the use of economic, political or any other type of measures to coerce another State in order to obtain from it the subordination of the exercise of its sovereign rights or to secure from it advantages of any kind. Also, no State shall organize, assist. foment, finance, incite or tolerate subversive, terrorist or armed activities directed towards the violent overthrow of the regime of another State, or interfere in civil strife in another State.

The use of force to deprive peoples of their national identity constitutes a violation of their inaliernible rights and of the principle of non-intervention.

The strict observance of these obligations is an essential condition to ensure that nations live together in peace with one another, since the practice of any form of intervention not only violates the spirit and letter of the Charter of the United Nations but also leads to the creation of situations which threaten internationa 1 peace and security.

Every State has an inalienable right to choose its political. economic, social and cultural systems, without interference in any form by another State.

All States shall respect the right of self-determination an·d independence of peoples and nations, to be freely exercised without any foreign pressure, and with absolute respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. Consequently, all States shall contribute to General AHembly-Twentieth Session the complete elimination of racial discrimination and colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.

For the purpose of the present Declaration, the term "State" covers both individual States and groups of States.

Nothing in this Declaration shall be construed as affecting in any manner the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations relating to the maintenance of international peace and security, in particular those contained in Chapters VI. VII and VIII.

1408th plenary rneeting,

21 December 1965.

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