Unilateral Economic Measures as a Means of Political and Economic Coercion Against Developing Countries

A/RES/56/179View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 95a Trade and development, published in 2002.

What other versions does this mandate have?

15 versions · 1998–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/120

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/120	Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries	1,146	71%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/135	Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries	1,149	73%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/191	Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries	928	53%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/200	Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries	498	89%Compare
2018	A/RES/72/201	Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries	459	98%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

13 reports · 2001–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/415	Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/135
2023	A/78/506	Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/191A/RES/74/200
2021	A/76/310	Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/200
2019	A/74/264	Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/201
2017	A/72/307	Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/185

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Developing Countries Discriminatory Trade Practices International Trade Sanctions Trade Restrictions

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;³

³A/56/473.

Urges the international community to adopt urgent and effective measures to eliminate the use of unilateral coercive economic measures against developing countries that are not authorized by relevant organs of the United Nations or are inconsistent with the principles of international law as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and that contravene the basic principles of the multilateral trading system;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to monitor the imposition of measures of this nature and to study the impact of such measures on the affected countries, including the impact on trade and development;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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