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rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, and requests the High
Commissioner to continue her efforts in this regard;
14.
Requests the High Commissioner and the Special Rapporteur to contribute
further appropriately to the ongoing discussion regarding the efforts of States Members of
the United Nations to assure adequate human rights guarantees to ensure fair and clear
procedures, in particular with regard to placing on and removing individuals and entities
from terrorism-related sanctions lists;
15.
Stresses the importance that relevant United Nations bodies and entities and
international, regional and subregional organizations, in particular those that are
participating in the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, which provide technical
assistance related to the prevention and suppression of terrorism to consenting States,
include, as appropriate and where consistent with their mandates, the respect of
international human rights law and, as applicable, international humanitarian law and
refugee law, as well as the rule of law, as an important element of technical assistance that
they offer to States related to counter-terrorism, including by drawing on the advice of, and
otherwise ensuring the ongoing dialogue with, the special procedures of the Council within
their mandates and the Office of the High Commissioner and relevant stakeholders;
16.
Requests the High Commissioner and the Special Rapporteur to present their
reports, bearing in mind the content of the present resolution, to the Council at its thirteenth
session under agenda item 3, in conformity with its annual programme of work.
43rd meeting
26 March 2009
[Adopted without a vote. See part II, chap. III.]
10/16
Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other human rights instruments,
Recalling all previous resolutions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights, the
Council and the General Assembly on the situation of human rights in the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea, including Council resolution 7/15 of 27 March 2008 and
Assembly resolution 63/190 of 18 December 2008, and urging the implementation of those
resolutions,
Bearing in mind paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March
2006,
Recalling Council resolutions 5/1 on institution-building of the United Nations
Human Rights Council, and 5/2 on the code of conduct for special procedures mandate
holders of the Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall
discharge his/her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
Bearing in mind the reports submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (A/63/322 and A/HRC/10/18),
and urging the implementation of the recommendations contained therein,
Having reviewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
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