A/RES/72/201 GA

United Nations A/RES/72/201 General Assembly Distr.: General 17 January 2018 17-23263 (E) 220118 *1723263* Seventy-second session Agenda item 17 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2017 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/72/418/Add.1)] 72/201. Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries The General Assembly, Recalling the relevant principles set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,1 which states, inter alia, that no State may use or encourage the use of unilateral economic, political or any other type of measures to coerce another State in order to obtain from it the subordination of the exercise of its sovereign rights, Bearing in mind the general principles governing the international trading system and trade policies for development contained in relevant resolutions, rules and provisions of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, Recalling its resolutions 44/215 of 22 December 1989, 46/210 of 20 December 1991, 48/168 of 21 December 1993, 50/96 of 20 December 1995, 52/181 of 18 December 1997, 54/200 of 22 December 1999, 56/179 of 21 December 2001, 58/198 of 23 December 2003, 60/185 of 22 December 2005, 62/183 of 19 December 2007, 64/189 of 21 December 2009, 66/186 of 22 December 2011, 68/200 of 20 December 2013 and 70/185 of 22 December 2015, Gravely concerned that the use of unilateral coercive economic measures adversely affects the economies and the development efforts of developing countries in particular and has a general negative impact on international economic cooperation and on worldwide efforts to move towards a non-discriminatory and open multilateral trading system, __________________ 1 Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex. A/RES/72/201 Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries 17-23263 2/2 Recognizing that such measures constitute a flagrant violation of the principles of international law as set forth in the Charter, as well as the basic principles of the multilateral trading system, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;2 2. 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; 3. 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; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to monitor the imposition of unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion and to study the impact of such measures on the affected countries, including the impact on trade and development; 5. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution. 74th plenary meeting 20 December 2017 __________________ 2 A/72/307.

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