26. 1974 年，大会确认，所有国家在彼此公平、主权平等、相互依存、具有共同利益、相互合作的基础上建立新的国际经济秩序对于纠正不平等和解决植根于殖民主义不公正而言至关重要。74 大会指出，“外来统治和殖民统治、外国占领、种族歧视、种族隔离和形形色色的新殖民主义仍然是发展中国家和所有有关人民的彻底解放和进步的最大障碍之一”。75 《建立新的国际经济秩序宣言》为国际体系(和国际法)的结构改革提供了蓝图，这对于修复主要建筑在殖民主义和奴隶制余孽基础上的不平等和歧视结构仍然极为重要。联合国在《宣言》和其他文书中承认，自决权以及更广义的社会进步都要求各国消除殖民主义、奴隶制及其所有后果。76 各国认识到这些历史性侵权行为的枷锁继续阻碍了享有人权的情况，必须将争取实现公正和公平的国际秩序视为对奴隶制和殖民主义作出赔偿的一个紧迫方面。
26. In 1974, the General Assembly recognized that the establishment of a new international economic order, based on equity, sovereign equality, interdependence, common interest and cooperation among all States, was essential to correcting inequalities and redressing injustices rooted in colonialism. 74 It stated that “the remaining vestiges of alien and colonial domination, foreign occupation, racial discrimination, apartheid and neo-colonialism in all its forms continue to be among the greatest obstacles to the full emancipation and progress of the developing countries and all the peoples involved”.75 The Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order provided a blueprint for the structural reform of the international system (and international law) that remains vital to repairing the structures of inequality and discrimination that were built predominantly from the legacies of colonialism and slavery. In the Declaration and other instruments, the United Nations has recognized that the right to self-determination, and to social progress more generally, requires States to eliminate colonialism, slavery and all its consequences.76 Recognizing that the yoke of those historical violations continues to impede the enjoyment of human rights, States must treat the pursuit of a just and equitable international order as an urgent dimension of reparations for slavery and colonialism.