Alternative Approaches and Ways and Means Within the United Nations System for Improving the Effective Enjoyment of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 105a International conditions and human rights, published in 1988.

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19 versions · 1976–1995

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/49/186

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1995	A/RES/49/186	Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms	927	79%Compare
1994	A/RES/48/123	Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms	1,142	—
1993	A/RES/47/137	Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms	—	—
1992	A/RES/46/117	Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms	—	—
1991	A/RES/45/96	Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms	—	—

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Rellerates its request that the Commission on Human Rights continue its current work on overall analysis with a view to further promoting and strengthening human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the question of t he programme and working methods of the Commission, and on the overall analysis of the alternative approaches and ways and means for improving the effective cnjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, in accordance with the provisions and concepts of General Assembly resolution 32/130 and other relevant texts:

Afjirms that a primary aim of international cooperation in the field of human rights is a life of freedom, dignity and peace for ali peoples and for every human being, that all human rights and fundamental freedoms are indivisihle and interrelated and that the promotion and protection of one category of rights should never exempt or excuse States from promoting and protecting the others:

4,ljirms its profound conviction that equal attention and urgen! consideration should be given to the implementation, promotion and protection of civil and political rights and of economic, social and cultural rights;

Reafjirms that it is of paramount importance for the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms that Member States should assume specific obligations by acceding to or ratifying international instruments in this field, and, consequently, that the work within the United Nation, ;.ystem of setting standards in the field of human rights and universal acceptance and implementation ofthe relevant international instruments should be encouraged;

Reiterutes once again that the international commu111ty should accord, or continue to accord, priority to thc search for solutions to mass and flagrant violations of human rights of peoples and individuals affected by situatiom, such as those mentioned in paragraph 1 (e) of General A..,sembly resolution 32/130, paying due attention also to other situations of violations of human rights;

Reaffirms its responsibility for achieving international co-operation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for ali, and cxpre;.;.es its concern at serious violations ofhuman rights, in particular mass and flagrant violations of these rights, wherever they occur;

7 1~·xpresses concern at the present situation as regards the achievement of the objectives and goals for the establishment of the new international economic order, and at its ad verse effects on the full realization of human rights, in particular the right to development;

Reaffirms that the right to development is an inalienahlc human right;

Reaffirms a/so that international peace and security are e<;s,:nt ial dements for achieving full realization of the ngh1 ¡,, devclopment;

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Recognizes that all human rights and fundamental freedom~ are indivisible and interdependent;

Considers that ali Member Sta tes must promote international co-operation on the basis of respect for the independence, sovercignty and territorial integrity of each State, including the right of cvery people to choose freely its own socio-economic and political system and to exercise full sovercignty over its wealth and natural resources, subject to the principies referred to in article 1, paragraph 2, and article 25 of thc Intcrnational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, with a view to solving international economic, social and humanitarian problems;

Expresses concern at the disparity existing between established norms and principies and the actual situation of ali human rights and fundamental freedoms in the world;

Urges ali States to co-operate with the Commission on Human Rights in thc promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms:

Reiterates the need to create, at the national and international levels, conditions for the full promotion and protection of the human rights of individuals and peoples:

Reaffirms once again that, in order to facilitate the full enjoyment of ali human rights without diminishing personal dignity, it is necessary to promote the rights to education, work, health and proper nourishment through the adoption of measures at the national leve!, including those that provide for the participation ofworkers in management, as well as the adoption of measures at the international level. including the establishment of the new international economic ordcr;

Decides that the approach to future work within the United Nations system on human rights matters should also take into account the content of the Declaration on the Right to Development ancl the need for the implementation thereof:

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-third session the item entitled "Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms"

7 Deccmber 1987

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