A/HRC/RES/15/13
2.
Affirms that international solidarity is not limited to international assistance
and cooperation, aid, charity or humanitarian assistance; it is a broader concept and
principle that includes sustainability in international relations, especially international
economic relations, the peaceful coexistence of all members of the international
community, equal partnerships and the equitable sharing of benefits and burdens;
3.
Expresses its determination to contribute to the solution of current world
problems through increased international cooperation, to create conditions that will ensure
that the needs and interests of future generations are not jeopardized by the burden of the
past, and to hand over a better world to future generations;
4.
Urges the international community to consider urgently concrete measures to
promote and consolidate international assistance to developing countries in their
development endeavours and for the promotion of conditions conducive to the full
realization of all human rights;
5.
Calls upon the international community to promote international solidarity
and cooperation as an important tool to help to overcome the negative effects of the current
economic, financial and climate crises, particularly in developing countries;
6.
Reaffirms that the promotion of international cooperation is a duty for States,
that it should be implemented without any conditionality and on the basis of mutual respect,
in full compliance with the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations, in
particular respect for the sovereignty of States, and taking into account national priorities;
7.
Affirms that much more is needed, owing to the magnitude of global and local
challenges, the alarming increase in natural and man-made disasters, and the continuing
rises in poverty and inequality; ideally, solidarity should be preventive rather than simply
reactive to massive irreversible damage already caused, and must address both natural and
man-made disasters;
8.
Recognizes that there is an overwhelming manifestation of solidarity by
States, individually and collectively, civil society, global social movements, and countless
people of goodwill reaching out to others;
9.
Also recognizes that the so-called “third-generation rights” closely
interrelated to the fundamental value of solidarity need further progressive development
within the United Nations human rights machinery in order to be able to respond to the
increasing challenges of international cooperation in this field;
10.
Requests all States, United Nations agencies, other relevant international
organizations and non-governmental organizations to mainstream the right of peoples and
individuals to international solidarity in their activities, and to cooperate with the
independent expert on human rights and international solidarity in his mandate, to supply
all necessary information requested by him and to give serious consideration to responding
favourably to his requests to visit their country, to enable him to fulfil his mandate
effectively;
11.
Welcomes the steps taken by the independent expert to identify the primary
areas to be addressed, the main concepts and norms that can form the basis of a framework,
and good practices to inform the future development of law and policy with regard to
human rights and international solidarity;
12.
Requests the independent expert to continue his work in the preparation of a
draft declaration on the right of peoples and individuals to international solidarity, and in
further developing guidelines, standards, norms and principles with a view to promoting
and protecting this right, by addressing, inter alia, existing and emerging obstacles to its
realization;
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