Universal Realization of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination

A/RES/41/100View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 88 Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights, published in 1987.

What other versions does this mandate have?

45 versions · 1981–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/196

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/196	Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination	538	99%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/164	Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination	537	99%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/193	Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination	538	99%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/207	Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination	538	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/152	Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination	538	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

23 reports · 2004–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/315	Right of peoples to self-determination report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/196
2025	A/80/335	Right of peoples to self-determination report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/164
2024	A/79/315	Right of peoples to self-determination report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/193
2023	A/78/261	Right of peoples to self-determination report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/207
2022	A/77/265	Right of peoples to self-determination report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/152

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Displaced Persons Military Activity Military Occupation Refugees Repatriation Self-Determination of Peoples

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that the universal realization of the right of ali peoples, including those under colonial, foreign and alien domination, to self-determination is a fundamental condition for the effective guarantee and observance ofhuman rights and for the preservation and promotion of such rights;

Declares its firm opposition to acts of foreign military intervention, aggression and occupation, since these have resulted in the suppression of the right of peoples to self-determination and other human rights in certain parts of the world;

Calls upon the States responsible for those acts to cease immediately their military intervention and occupation of foreign countries and territories and ali acts of repression, discrimination, exploitation and maltreatment, particularly the brutal and inhuman methods reportedly employed for the execution of these acts against the peoples concerned;

Deplores the plight of the millions of refugees and displaced persons who have been uprooted by the aforementioned acts and reaffirms their right to return to their homes voluntarily in safety and honour;

Requests the Commission on Human Rights to continue to give special attention to the violation of human rights, especially the right to self-determination, resulting from foreign military intervention, aggression or occupation;

Requests the Secretary-General to report on this issue to the General Assembly at its forty-second session under the item entitled "Importance ofthe universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights".

2J A/41/578.

24 Rc,olution 2200 A (XXI). anncx.

25 See Official Records of the &onomic and Social Council. /980. Suf¡iement No. 3 (E/1980/13 and Corr.1), chap. XXVI, sect. A.

5 (E/1981/25 and Corr.l),

/bid.,

1981, Supplement No. chaf. XXVIII, sect. A.

2 /bid.,

1982, Supplement No.

2 (E/ 1982/ 12 and Corr. 1 ), chap. XXVI, sect. A.

28 /bid.,

1983, Supplement No.

3 (E/1983/13 and Corr.1 ), chap. XXVII, sect. A.

29 /bid., 1984, Supplement No. 4 (E/1984/14 and Corr. l), chap. 11, sect. A.

30 /bid., 1985, Supplement No. 2 (E/1985/22), chap. Il, sect. A.

31 /bid., 1986, Supplement No. 2 (E/1986/22), chap. Il, sect. A.

32 A/41/433 and Add.1-3.

.ll Report of the World Conference on Sanctions against Racisl South A/rica, Paris, /6-20 June /986 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.86.1.23), chap. IX.

14 See Report of the lntcrnational Conference far the 1mmedia11, 1ndependence of Namibia. Vienna. 7-11 Ju/y 1986 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.86.1.16 and addendum), part three.

35 See A/38/311-S/15883, annex.

l6 See A/39/450-S/16726.

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