A/HRC/RES/23/22 surrounding the allegations of serious abuses and human rights violations in Côte d’Ivoire following the presidential election of 28 November 2010, commends the relevance of the Commission’s conclusions and recommendations and urges the Ivorian Government to follow up on them; 11. Encourages the Ivorian Government to continue to ratify and implement international and regional human rights instruments, to comply with their reporting requirements and to promote human rights education; 12. Notes with concern the continuing instability of the humanitarian situation on the ground, and calls on United Nations agencies and other relevant actors to continue to cooperate with the Ivorian Government in providing assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons, in conformity with the measures put in place by the Government, so as to encourage their safe and voluntary return to their homes; 13. Notes also with concern the continued and recurring allegations of violence against women and children, and requests the Ivorian Government to do all it can to investigate such allegations; 14. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide the technical assistance requested by the Ivorian Government, including support for the Dialogue, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and to work with it to identify other areas of assistance that will help Côte d’Ivoire to meet its human rights obligations; 15. Requests the international community to continue to support the reconstruction and reconciliation process under way in Côte d’Ivoire and to provide the assistance requested in the specific areas in which such assistance is necessary, including in strengthening the capacity of the mechanisms for combating violence against women and children; 16. Calls on the international community to support the national efforts made by Côte d’Ivoire and its institutions to improve the human rights situation in the country, and to respond to its requests for technical assistance in the humanitarian, educational, health, economic and social spheres; 17. Also calls on the international community to support the new National Human Rights Commission, through technical assistance and capacity-building programmes, with a view to enabling it to contribute effectively to the promotion and protection of the fundamental rights of the Ivorian people, in accordance with the Paris Principles; 18. Decides therefore to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire for a period of one year, from the twenty-third to the twenty-sixth session of the Human Rights Council; 19. Requests the Independent Expert to submit his report at the twenty-fifth session and his recommendations at the twenty-sixth session of the Human Rights Council; 20. Decides to remain seized of the matter. 40th meeting 14 June 2013 [Adopted without a vote.] GE.13-15516 3

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