A/HRC/30/L.35 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 30 September 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirtieth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Bangladesh, China, Egypt,* Malaysia,* Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore:* amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/30/L.11/Rev.1 30/… The question of the death penalty After paragraph 2, insert a new paragraph reading 2 bis. Recognizes that the application of a moratorium on the death penalty sentence, abolishing the death penalty sentence, or retaining it, should be a decision emanating from the national level, and that States should not be subjected to external pressures or interference, including through economic sanctions and/or application of conditionality on official development assistance, in relation to their domestic debates and decision-making processes relevant to this issue; * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. GE.15-16546(E) *1516546*