The General Assembly,

 

Recalling all previous resolutions on the promotion of the right to peace and the promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all, adopted by the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council, in particular Council resolution 20/15 of 5 July 2012, 1

 

Stressing that peace is a vital requirement for the promotion and protection of all human rights for all,

 

Welcoming the adoption by the Human Rights Council, by its resolution 32/28 of 1 July 20162,  of the Declaration on the Right to Peace,

 

1.Adopts the Declaration on the Right to Peace, as contained in the annex to the present resolution;

 

2.Invites Governments, agencies and organizations of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to disseminate the Declaration and to promote universal respect and understanding thereof;

 

3.Decides to continue consideration of the question of the promotion of the right to peace at its seventy-third session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”.