A/HRC/45/L.3 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 18 September 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–7 October 2020 Agenda item 1 Organizational and procedural matters Russian Federation:* amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/45/L.1 45/… Situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath The first preambular paragraph should read Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, in particular the principles of non-intervention in internal affairs and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other applicable human rights instruments, * State not a member of the Human Rights Council. GE.20-12074(E) 