A/RES/49/180 GA

UNITED UNITED A NATIONS NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/49/180 2 March 1995 Forty-ninth session Agenda item 100 (b) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/49/610/Add.2)] 49/180. Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processes The General Assembly, Reaffirming the purpose of the United Nations to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling also its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, by which it approved the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling further the principle enshrined in Article 2, paragraph 7, of the Charter of the United Nations, which establishes that nothing contained in the Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any State or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the Charter, Reaffirming the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples for independence, territorial integrity, national unity and for liberation from colonial and foreign domination, and for the establishment of a society in which people, irrespective of race, colour or creed, will fully enjoy economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights on a basis of equality and participate freely in the determination of their destiny, Reaffirming also, in this context, the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, /... 95-77059 A/RES/49/180 Page 2 Recognizing that the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of any State should be respected in the holding of elections, Recognizing also that there is no single political system or single model for electoral processes equally suited to all nations and their peoples, and that political systems and electoral processes are subject to historical, political, cultural and religious factors, Convinced that the establishment of the necessary mechanisms and means to guarantee full and effective popular participation in electoral processes corresponds to States, Recalling all its resolutions in this regard, Welcoming the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, 1/ in which the Conference reaffirmed that the processes of promoting and protecting human rights should be conducted in conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charter, 1. Reiterates that, by virtue of the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, all peoples have the right, freely and without external interference, to determine their political status and to pursue their economic, social and cultural development, and that every State has the duty to respect that right in accordance with the provisions of the Charter; 2. Reaffirms that it is the concern solely of peoples to determine methods and to establish institutions regarding the electoral process, as well as to determine the ways for its implementation according to their constitution and national legislation, and that, consequently, States should establish the necessary mechanisms and means to guarantee full and effective popular participation in those processes; 3. Reaffirms also that any activities that attempt, directly or indirectly, to interfere in the free development of national electoral processes, in particular in the developing countries, or that are intended to sway the results of such processes, violate the spirit and letter of the principles established in the Charter and in the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations; 4. Reaffirms further that there is no universal need for the United Nations to provide electoral assistance to Member States, except in special circumstances such as cases of decolonization, in the context of regional or international peace processes or at the request of specific sovereign States, by virtue of resolutions adopted by the Security Council or the General Assembly in each case, in strict conformity with the principles of sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States; 5. Urges all States to respect the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of States and the sovereign right of peoples to determine their political, economic and social systems; 6. Strongly appeals to all States to refrain from financing or providing, directly or indirectly, any other form of overt or covert support 1/ A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. /... A/RES/49/180 Page 3 for political parties or groups and from taking actions to undermine the electoral processes in any country; 7. Condemns any act of armed aggression or threat or use of force against peoples, their elected Governments or their legitimate leaders; 8. Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of all peoples under colonial and foreign domination, particularly of the Palestinian people, for the exercise of their inalienable right to self-determination and national independence, which will enable them to determine their political, economic and social systems, without interference; 9. Calls upon the Commission on Human Rights to continue to give priority to the review of the fundamental factors that negatively affect the observance of the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processes and to report to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session, through the Economic and Social Council; 10. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session on the implementation of the present resolution, under the item entitled "Human rights questions". 94th plenary meeting 23 December 1994

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