Promotion of the Right of Peoples to Peace

A/RES/57/216View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 109b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2003.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2003–2011

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/17/16

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2011	A/HRC/RES/17/16	Promotion of the right of peoples to peace	1,452	88%Compare
2010	A/HRC/RES/14/3	Promotion of the right of peoples to peace	1,322	81%Compare
2009	A/HRC/RES/11/4	Promotion of the right of peoples to peace	1,195	83%Compare
2008	A/HRC/RES/8/9	Promotion of the right of peoples to peace	1,237	35%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/216	Promotion of the right of peoples to peace	760	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

15 subjects

Arms Race Disarmament Disarmament-Development Link Dispute Settlement Economic Gap Force in International Relations Human Rights International Obligations International Security Nuclear War Outer Space Peace Dividend Right to Peace Space Weapons War Prevention

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the solemn proclamation 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 or threat of 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;

Affirms that all States should promote the establishment, maintenance and strengthening of international peace and security and, to that end, should do their utmost to achieve general and complete disarmament under effective international control, as well as to ensure that the resources released by effective disarmament measures are used for comprehensive development, in particular that of the developing countries;

Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever-widening gap between developed and developing countries, and to promote the realization of all human rights for all;

Urges all States to refrain from using weapons with indiscriminate effects on human health, the environment and economic and social well-being;

Expresses concern about the real danger of the weaponization of outer space, and calls upon all States to contribute actively to the objective of the peaceful use of outer space and of the prevention of an arms race in outer space;

Urges all States to refrain from taking measures which encourage the resurgence of a new arms race, bearing in mind all the resulting predictable consequences for global peace and security, for development and for the full realization of all human rights for all;

Decides to continue consideration of the question of the promotion of the right of peoples to peace at its fifty-eighth session, under the item entitled “Human rights questions”.

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