Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 24
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Determined to encourage strict compliance with the purposes
and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming, among other principles, the sovereign equality
of States, non-intervention and non-interference in their internal
affairs and freedom of international trade and navigation, which
are also enshrined in many international legal instruments,
Recalling the statements of the heads of State and Government
at the third and fourth Ibero-American Summits, held respectively
at Salvador, Brazil, on 15 and 16 July 1993 and Cartagena, Colombia,
from 14 to 16 June 1994, concerning the need to eliminate the
unilateral application of economic and trade measures by one State
against another which affect the free flow of international trade,
Taking note of Decision 356 adopted on 3 June 1994 by the
Twentieth Council of the Latin American Economic System, held
at the ministerial level at Mexico City, which called for the
lifting of the economic, commercial and financial embargo against
Cuba,
Concerned about the continued promulgation and application
by Member States of laws and regulations whose extraterritorial
effects affect the sovereignty of other States and the legitimate
interests of entities or persons under their jurisdiction, as
well as the freedom of trade and navigation,
Recalling its resolutions 47/19 of 24 November 1992 and
48/16 of 3 November 1993,
Concerned that, since the adoption of its resolutions 47/19
and 48/16, further measures of that nature aimed at strengthening
and extending the economic, commercial and financial embargo against
Cuba continue to be promulgated and applied, and concerned also
about the adverse effects of such measures on the Cuban people
and on Cuban nationals living in other countries,
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General of
20 September 1994 on the implementation of resolution 48/16; 1/
2. Reiterates its call to all States to refrain from promulgating
and applying laws and measures of the kind referred to in the
preamble to the present resolution in conformity with their obligations
under the Charter of the United Nations and international law
which, inter alia, reaffirm the freedom of trade and navigation;
3. Once again urges States that have and continue to apply
such laws and measures to take the necessary steps to repeal or
invalidate them as soon as possible in accordance with their legal
regime;
4. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with
the appropriate organs and agencies of the United Nations system,
to prepare a report on the implementation of the present resolution
in the light of the purposes and principles of the Charter and
international law, and to submit it to the General Assembly at
its fiftieth session;
5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its
fiftieth session the item entitled "Necessity of ending the
economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United
States of America against Cuba".
45th plenary meeting
26 October 1994
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1/ A/49/398 and Add.1.