A/HRC/RES/34/4
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 April 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fourth session
27 February–24 March 2017
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 23 March 2017
34/4.
Question of the realization in all countries of economic, social
and cultural rights
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the principles of economic, social and cultural rights enshrined in
international human rights instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
Recalling that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the 2005 World
Summit Outcome and General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, in which the
Assembly established the Human Rights Council, all affirm that all human rights are
universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing and must be
treated in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis, and
recalling also that the promotion and protection of one category of rights should never
exempt States from the promotion and protection of the other rights,
Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration, in which the heads of
State and Government affirmed their commitment to spare no effort to promote democracy
and strengthen the rule of law, as well as peace, development and respect for all
internationally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to
development, and believing that broad and sustained efforts are needed to build a
community of shared future for all human beings,
Reaffirming General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which the
Assembly adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and
transformative sustainable development Goals and targets, the commitment to working
tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating
poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global
challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its commitment to
achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and
environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner, building upon the achievements of
the Millennium Development Goals and seeking to address their unfinished business, and
aiming to contribute to the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030,
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