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10. Encourages the Government of the Sudan to accelerate the progressive realization of
economic, social and cultural rights in the Sudan;
11. Invites relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, including the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to continue providing support and
technical assistance to the Sudan for the implementation of the recommendations of the Group of
Experts, and calls upon donors to continue providing financial and technical assistance and
required equipment for the improvement of human rights in the Sudan and to continue to provide
support for the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement;
12. Calls upon the Government of the Sudan to accelerate the implementation of the
Comprehensive Peace Agreement and to establish the remaining commissions, in particular the
finalization of the establishment of the national human rights commission, in accordance with
the Paris Principles;
13. Expresses particular concern at the fact that perpetrators of past and ongoing
serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in Darfur have not yet
been held accountable for their crimes and urges the Government of the Sudan to address
urgently this question, by thoroughly investigating all allegations of human rights and
international humanitarian law violations, promptly bringing to justice the perpetrators of those
violations;
14. Decides to review the situation of human rights in the Sudan at its session in
September 2008.
40th meeting
27 March 2008
Adopted without a vote. See chapter IV.
7/17. Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, in
particular the provisions of Articles 1 and 55 thereof, which affirm the right of peoples to
self-determination, and reaffirming the need for the scrupulous respect of the principle of
refraining in international relations from the threat or use of force, as specified in the Declaration
on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States
in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, adopted by the General Assembly in its
resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970,
Guided also by the provisions of article 1 of the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights and article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, which affirm that all peoples have the right to self-determination,
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