A/HRC/RES/32/9
Reaffirming the fact that the widening gap between economically developed and
developing countries is unsustainable and that it impedes the realization of human rights in
the international community, and makes it all the more imperative for every nation,
according to its capacities, to make the maximum possible effort to close this gap,
Reaffirming also the crucial importance of increasing the resources allocated for
official development assistance, recalling the pledge of industrialized countries to allocate
0.7 per cent of their gross national product for official development assistance, and
recognizing the need for new and additional resources to finance the development
programmes of developing countries,
Affirming the fact that the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and
the realization of the right to development call for a more enlightened approach, mindset
and action based on a sense of community and international solidarity,
Determined to take new steps forward in the commitment of the international
community with a view to achieving substantial progress in human rights endeavours
through an increased and sustained effort of international cooperation and solidarity,
Asserting the necessity of establishing new, equitable and global links of partnership
and intra-generational solidarity for the perpetuation of humankind,
Resolved to strive to ensure that present generations are fully aware of their
responsibilities towards future ones, and that a better world is possible for both present and
future generations,
1.
Reaffirms the recognition set forth in the declaration adopted by the Heads of
State and Government at the Millennium Summit of the fundamental value of solidarity to
international relations in the twenty-first century in stating that global challenges must be
managed in a way that distributes costs and burdens fairly, in accordance with the basic
principles of equity and social justice, and that those who suffer or benefit least deserve
help from those who benefit most;
2.
Also reaffirms 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.
Reiterates 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.
Reaffirms the fact 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;
5.
Recognizes that international solidarity shall be a new foundational principle
underpinning contemporary international law that responds to the need for transformative
change encompassing the objectives of equity, equality in outcome, sustainability, security,
social justice and empowerment and is applicable to all countries, both developing and
developed;
6.
Also recognizes that there is an overwhelming manifestation of solidarity by
States, individually and collectively, by civil society, by global social movements and by
countless people of goodwill reaching out to others, and that this solidarity is commonly
practised at the national, regional and international levels;
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