联合国消费品安全原则

The General Assembly, in its resolution 80/119, adopted the United Nations principles for consumer product safety,as proposed at the Ninth United Nations Conference to Review All Aspects of the Set of Multilaterally AgreedEquitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices in 2025. The text in the annex ofresolution 80/119 is reproduced here for ease of reference, underscoring the role that UNCTAD plays in the field ofcompetition and consumer protection laws, policies and enforcement. Resolution on consumerproduct safetyAdopted by the General Assemblyon 15 December 2026 80/119.Consumer product safety Recallingthat the World Health Organization defines“health” as a state of complete physical, mental andsocial well-being and not merely the absence of diseaseor infirmity, Recognizingthat consumers often face imbalancesin economic terms, educational levels and bargainingpower, and may find themselves vulnerable to unsafeproducts, The General Assembly, Recallingits resolution70/186of 22 December 2015on consumer protection, in which it adopted the revisedUnited Nations guidelines for consumer protection,setting out the main characteristics of effective consumerprotection legislation, enforcement institutions andredress systems, Reaffirmingthat product safety contributes tobuilding trust in economic operators and marketsand reduces costs to society associated with injuries,ill health, deaths and property loss, and therebycontributes to economic development, Taking noteof the mandate entrusted to the UnitedNations Conference on Trade and Development atits fifteenth session in the Bridgetown Covenant,1tocontinue to assist developing countries to formulate andimplement competition and consumer protection policiesand laws, facilitate cooperation among competitionand consumer protection agencies, conduct peerreviews and foster the exchange of knowledge and bestpractices, including through multilateral forums, such asthe Intergovernmental Group of Experts on CompetitionLaw and Policy and the Intergovernmental Group ofExperts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy, andby contributing to the implementation of the outcome ofthe United Nations Conferences to Review All Aspectsof the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principlesand Rules for the Control of Restrictive BusinessPractices and of the revised United Nations guidelinesfor consumer protection, Recognizingthat product safety plays a criticalrole in sustainable consumption and that sustainableproducts should also be safe, conscious of the rolethat the circular economy will play in addressingenvironmental, climate and biodiversity challenges, andrecognizing the interlinkages between health, safety andenvironmental risks, Affirmingthe importance of setting general productsafety principles to assist all Member States withformulating and enforcing domestic and regional productsafety frameworks, including policies, laws, rules andregulations, among others, Recognizingthe importance of building local,national, regional and international cooperation in thearea of product safety, Havingregardto the recommendation onpreventing the cross-border distribution of knownunsafe consumer products adopted by the EighthUnited Nations Conference to Review All Aspects ofthe Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles andRules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices,2which encourages Member States to pursue policies,consistent with World Trade Organization obligations,aimed at preventing the cross-border distribution ofconsumer products known in their own jurisdiction to beunsafe, Affirmingthe right of all consumers to have accessto safe products and the need to provide consumers,including those in vulnerable and disadvantagedsituations, with a high level of protection against unsafeproducts both online and offline, particularly in countrieswith less developed product safety frameworks, Affirmingalso that products offered to consumersshould not pose an unreasonable risk to the healthor safety of consumers, in reasonably normal orforeseeable use or misuse, Recognizingthe informal working group onconsumer product safety, established at the thirdsession of the Intergovernmental Group of Expertson Consumer Protection Law and Policy, under theauspices of the United Nations Conference on Trade andDevelopment, and aimed at strengthening consumerproduct safety frameworks at the national, regional andinternational levels, to protect consumers from hazardsto their health, and on recommending policy options foraddressing challenges faced by consumer protectionauthorities in this area, Recognizingthe need to tackle emerging challengesin cross-border consumer protection enforcement arisingfrom the evolving online environment, Reaffirmingthat measures to ensure the health andsafety of consumers should not create unnecessaryobstacles to trade or be more trade-restrictive thannecessary, consistent with the rules of the World TradeOrganizati