General Assembly

Distr. GENERAL  

17 December 1985

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                                                       A/RES/40/188
                                                       17 December 1985
                                                       119th plenary meeting
 
                       Trade embargo against Nicaragua
 
     The General Assembly,
 
     Recalling the relevant purposes and principles set forth in the Charter
of the United Nations,
 
     Reaffirming the fundamental principles that govern relations among the
States of the international community,
 
     Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
 
     Recalling Security Council resolution 562 (1985) of 10 May 1985,
 
     Recalling also General Assembly resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970,
in particular the principle concerning the duty not to intervene in matters
within the domestic jurisdiction of any State, in accordance with the Charter
of the United Nations,
 
     Reaffirming that each country has the sovereign right to choose its own
development policies and strategies,
 
     Recalling all relevant articles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade,
 
     Recalling also General Assembly resolution 39/4 of 26 October 1984, in
which the Assembly encouraged the efforts of the Contadora Group and all
interested States, in particular those with ties to and interests in the
region, to respect fully the purposes and principles of the Contadora Act on
Peace and Co-operation in Central America of 7 September 1984,
 
     Concerned that the unilateral trade embargo and other measures imposed on
Nicaragua on 1 May 1985, which have been extended and broadened as from
1 November 1985, adversely affect the economy of the country, specifically its
trade, and consequently its development plans,
 
     Deeply concerned that the said measures will not contribute to the
economic and social development of Nicaragua and to the goals and objectives
of the Contadora process,
 
     Recalling the widespread concern expressed by the international community
about the situation in Central America, aggravated by the trade embargo
against Nicaragua,
 
     Considering that the international community is unanimous in contributing
to the economic and social progress of the countries of the area and to the
reinforcing of the process of economic integration of the area, in order to
contribute to the quest for a negotiated political solution to the regional
crisis,
 
     Reaffirming the sovereignty and inalienable right of Nicaragua and the
rest of the States in the region to decide freely on their own political,
economic and social systems, to develop their international relations
according to their peoples' interests, free from outside interference,
subversion, direct or indirect coercion or threats of any kind,
 
     Deeply concerned that the said trade embargo jeopardizes the principles
of free trade and non-discrimination that should prevail among nations,
 
     1.   Regrets the recent trade embargo and other measures imposed against
Nicaragua and requests that those measures be immediately revoked;
 
     2.   Invites all States to promote and take concrete actions of
co-operation in the economic and technological spheres in Central America, in
particular to help reduce the negative effects of the trade embargo and other
measures imposed against Nicaragua and to contribute to economic and social
development and to regional economic integration;
 
     3.   Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at
its forty-first session on the implementation of the present resolution.