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4.
Invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:
(a) To further consult the above-mentioned relevant stakeholders and allow them to
comment also on the report of the High Commissioner, including through the organization of a
three-day seminar on the draft guiding principles, before March 2009;
(b) To submit a report to the Council, no later than its last session of 2009, to allow it to
take a decision on the ways forward with a view to a possible adoption of guiding principles on
the rights of persons living in extreme poverty.
41st meeting
28 March 2008
Adopted without a vote. See chapter III.
7/28. Missing persons
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes, principles and provisions of the Charter of the United Nations,
Guided also by the principles and norms of international humanitarian law, in particular
the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977,
as well as international standards of human rights, in particular the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and
the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on
Human Rights on 25 June 1993,
Recalling all previous resolutions on missing persons adopted by the General Assembly, as
well as the resolutions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights,
Considering that the problem of missing persons raises questions of both international
human rights law and, as applicable, international humanitarian law,
Noting with deep concern that armed conflicts are continuing in various parts of
the world, often resulting in serious violations of international humanitarian law and
human rights law,
Convinced that States hold the primary responsibility for countering the phenomenon of
missing persons and determining the fate of missing persons and that they must recognize their
accountability for implementing the relevant mechanisms, policies and laws,
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