UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES RESOLUTION ON PEOPLE’S UNIVERSAL RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION
Yerkir
21.12.2009 12:47
Yerevan
Yerevan (Yerkir) – During its 64th session convened on December 18,
the UN General Assembly passed a resolution on the People’s Universal
Right to Self-determination.
More than 50 UN member states, including Armenia and Azerbaijan,
became co-authors of the document. The resolution reiterates people’s
universal right to self-determination and calls on countries to call
attention to exercising the right.
Most UN member states are convinced that the right to
self-determination is one of the basic principles and cornerstones
of international law.