translate English to French: His Government had also opposed the adoption of measures which diminished the effectiveness of human rights, such as unilateral and extraterritorial measures, taking the view that they were instruments of political pressure which had adverse effects on broad segments of the population, and were also clearly in violation of the fundamental principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.
Son gouvernement s'est aussi opposé à l'adoption des mesures qui diminuent l'efficacité des droits de l'homme telles que des mesures unilatérales et extraterritoriales, estimant qu'elles sont des instruments de pression politique qui ont des effets pervers sur de vastes couches de la population et constituent aussi une violation manifeste des principes fondamentaux du droit international et de la Charte des Nations Unies.