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6.
Further requests the independent expert to cooperate, in accordance with his/her
mandate, with the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as well as with the
Advisory Committee, special procedures, mechanisms and relevant working groups of the
Council related to economic, social and cultural rights and the right to development, in his/her
work towards the improvement of the above-mentioned draft general guidelines;
7.
Requests the Secretary-General to provide the independent expert with all necessary
assistance, in particular the staff and resources required to carry out his/her functions, as well as
to facilitate his/her participation in and contribution to the follow-up process of the International
Conference on Financing for Development;
8.
Urges Governments, international organizations, international financial institutions,
non-governmental organizations and the private sector to cooperate fully with the independent
expert in the discharge of his/her mandate;
9.
Requests the independent expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related
international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights,
particularly economic, social and cultural rights to submit an analytical report on the
implementation of the present resolution to the Council in 2009 in accordance with its annual
programme of work, and to submit a progress report on this issue to the General Assembly at its
sixty-third session;
10.
Decides to continue its consideration of this matter under the same agenda item.
39th meeting
27 March 2008
Adopted by a recorded vote of 34 to 13. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt,
Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius,
Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation,
Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uruguay, Zambia;
Against:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of
Korea, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland.
See chapter III.
7/5. Mandate of the independent expert on human rights and
international solidarity
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming all previous resolutions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and the
Human Rights Council on the issue of the human rights and international solidarity, including
Commission resolution 2005/55 of 20 April 2005,
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