A/HRC/31/L.64 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 22 March 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development China, Cuba, Egypt,* Pakistan,* Russian Federation: amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/31/L.28 31/… Protecting human rights defenders addressing economic, social and cultural rights Paragraph 13 should read 13. Calls upon all States to promote and enable public participation and to promote transparency, accountability and effective governance in the prevention of and the fight against corruption involving State officials, business representatives and other nonState actors, and in raising public awareness regarding the existence, causes and gravity of and the threat posed by corruption, including all possible impact on the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, and also calls upon all States to respect, promote and protect, as appropriate, the freedom of everyone to seek, receive, publish and disseminate information concerning corruption; * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. GE.16-04642(E) *1604642*