A/HRC/DEC/43/117
1.
Requests the President of the Human Rights Council to conduct before
the end of 2020 no fewer than two and no more than five rounds of open consultations
of a maximum of five days with States and relevant stakeholders, aiming to formulate
draft methods of work of the Consultative Group of the Human Rights Council, in full
compliance with Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/21;
2.
Invites the President of the Human Rights Council to broadly consult
with all relevant stakeholders before the last round of open consultations;
3.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights to provide all necessary resources and assistance to the President of the
Human Rights Council in conducting the consultations;
4.
Requests the President of the Human Rights Council to update the
Council on progress at its forty-fifth session, and to submit the draft methods of work
of the Consultative Group to the Council for its consideration before the end of 2020.”
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 31 to 12, with 4 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,
Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Eritrea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Libya, Mauritania, Mexico, Namibia, Nepal,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Uruguay,
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Against:
Australia, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Marshall
Islands, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine
Abstaining:
Austria, Republic of Korea, Spain, Togo]
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