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

A/RES/80/120View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 16a International trade and development, published in 2025.

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15 versions · 1998–2025

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

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

3 entities

(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited
Subprogramme 6	Economic analysis and policy	24
Subprogramme 1	Prevention, management and resolution of conflicts	122
Programme 10	Trade and development	74

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

3 entities

(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
Subprogramme 6	Economic analysis and policy	24	—
Subprogramme 1	Prevention, management and resolution of conflicts	122	—
Programme 10	Trade and development	74	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

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?

4 subjects

Developing Countries Discriminatory Trade Practices International Trade Unilateral Coercive Measures

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

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

³A/80/415.

Urges the international community to adopt urgent and effective measures to eliminate the use of unilateral economic, financial or trade measures that are not authorized by relevant organs of the United Nations, that are inconsistent with the principles of international law or the Charter of the United Nations or that contravene the basic principles of the multilateral trading system and that affect, in particular, but not exclusively, developing countries;

Recalls the Bridgetown Covenant, adopted at the fifteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, held in Barbados from 3 to 7 October 2021,⁴ in which States are strongly urged to refrain from promulgating and applying any unilateral economic, financial or trade measures not in accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations, in the light of concerns over the constraining nature and development implications of such measures that negatively impact the well-being of the populations and can impede the full achievement of economic and social development in the concerned States, as well as impair their trade relations;

⁴TD/541/Add.2.

Calls upon the international community to condemn and reject the imposition of the use of such measures, as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries that impedes the full achievement of economic and social development;

Recognizes that unilateral coercive economic measures that are inconsistent with the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, constitute a significant obstacle to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in developing countries targeted by these measures;

Calls upon the international community to condemn and reject the imposition of unilateral coercive economic measures that are inconsistent with the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, which impede the capacity of targeted countries to promote post-COVID‑19 pandemic recovery and that hamper international solidarity and medical cooperation for political or any other reasons;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue monitoring the imposition of unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion and studying, inter alia, with the support and cooperation of the resident coordinators and United Nations country teams, the impact of such measures on the affected countries, including the impact on trade and development;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its eighty-second session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, with a particular focus on the impacts of unilateral economic measures on the achievement of sustainable development, including recommendations to address the impact of such measures on the affected countries;

Further requests the Secretary-General to include, in the aforementioned report, complementary findings and relevant evidence provided by United Nations country teams, through resident coordinators, subject to the host Governments’ consent to the sharing and inclusion of such information in their contributions.

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