A/HRC/10/29
10/116
Outcome of the universal periodic review: Tuvalu
The Human Rights Council,
Acting in compliance with the mandate entrusted to it by the General Assembly in its
resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, and in
accordance with President’s statement PRST/8/1 on the modalities and practices for the
universal periodic review process of 9 April 2008,
Having conducted the review of Tuvalu on 11 December 2008 in conformity with all
the relevant provisions contained in Council resolution 5/1,
Adopts the outcome of the universal periodic review on Tuvalu which is constituted
of the report of the Working Group on the review of Tuvalu (A/HRC/10/84), together with
the views of Tuvalu concerning the recommendations and/or conclusions, as well as its
voluntary commitments and its replies presented before the adoption of the outcome by the
plenary to questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the interactive
dialogue in the Working Group (A/HRC/10/29, chap. VI).
32nd meeting
20 March 2009
[Adopted without a vote. See part II, chap. VI.]
10/117
Publication of reports completed by the Subcommission on the
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
At its 45th meeting, on 27 March 2009, the Human Rights Council decided, by a
recorded vote of 29 to 3, with 15 abstentions, to adopt the following text:
“The Human Rights Council,
Bearing in mind that all mandates, mechanisms, functions and
responsibilities of the Commission on Human Rights, including the Subcommission
on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, were assumed, as of 19 June
2006, by the Council, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 60/251,
Recalling the functions of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee as
described by the Council in its resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007,
Decides that all reports of the Subcommission on the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights mandated by the Commission on Human Rights that
have been completed and submitted to the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights pursuant to the resolutions and decisions of the
Subcommission at its fifty-eighth session be issued as United Nations documents.”
45th meeting
27 March 2009
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 29 to 3, with 15 abstentions (see part II, chap. IV). The
voting was as follows:
In favour:
Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, Egypt, France, Gabon, Germany,
Italy, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Qatar,
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