UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. LIMITED A/HRC/11/L.19 17 June 2009 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eleventh session Agenda item 4 HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION Austria*, Belgium*, Bulgaria*, Canada, Cyprus*, Czech Republic*, Denmark*, Estonia*, Finland*, France, Germany, Greece*, Hungary*, Ireland*, Italy, Latvia*, Lithuania*, Luxembourg*, Malta*, Netherlands, Norway*, Poland*, Portugal*, Romania*, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain*, Sweden*, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America*: amendments to draft resolution L.17 1. After the third preambular paragraph insert a new preambular paragraph, reading Reaffirming Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/82 of 21 April 2005, and Council resolutions 6/34 and 6/35 of 14 December 2007, 7/16 of 27 March 2008 and 9/17 of 24 September 2008, and calling on the Government of the Sudan to continue and intensify its efforts to implement them, 2. Paragraph 2 should read Acknowledges the progress made in the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the steps taken by the Government of National Unity to strengthen the human * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. GE.09-14262