A/HRC/43/2
The negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human
rights
237. At the 44th meeting, on 19 June 2020, the representative of Azerbaijan, on behalf of
the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, with the exception of Colombia, Ecuador and
Honduras, introduced draft resolution A/HRC/43/L.21, sponsored by Azerbaijan, on behalf
of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, with the exception of Colombia, Ecuador and
Honduras, and co-sponsored by China and the Russian Federation. Subsequently, Chile,
Guatemala and Peru withdrew their original sponsorship.
238. At the same meeting, the representatives of Armenia, Peru (also on behalf of Chile,
Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Honduras), the Sudan and Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of) made general comments on the draft resolution. In its statement, the
representative of Armenia disassociated the Member State from the consensus on the
eighteenth preambular paragraph of the draft resolution.
239. At the 45th meeting, on 22 June 2020, the representatives of Australia, Brazil, Chile,
Czechia (on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Human
Rights Council) and Mexico made statements in explanation of vote before the vote.
240. At the same meeting, at the request of the representative of Czechia (on behalf of
States members of the European Union that are members of the Human Rights Council), a
recorded vote was taken on the draft resolution. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Fiji, India, Indonesia,
Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Senegal, Somalia,
Sudan, Togo, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Against:
Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Marshall Islands, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Spain,
Ukraine
Abstaining:
Afghanistan, Chile, Libya, Mauritania, Mexico, Peru44
241. Also at the same meeting, the Human Rights Council adopted the draft resolution by
25 votes to 16, with 6 abstentions (resolution 43/15).
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
242. At the 45th meeting, on 22 June 2020, the representative of Norway introduced draft
resolution A/HRC/43/L.5, sponsored by Norway, and co-sponsored by Albania, Argentina,
Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus,
Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras,
Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North
Macedonia, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of
Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine, the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Uruguay. Subsequently, the
Marshall Islands withdrew its original co-sponsorship. Subsequently, the Bahamas, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
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The representative of Mauritania subsequently stated that there had been an error in the delegation’s
vote and that it had intended to vote in favour of the draft text
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