A/HRC/11/37 Stressing that resolution 5/1 also provides that every effort should be made to avoid unnecessary duplication, Recalling that the founding principles of the Council are objectivity, non-selectivity and the elimination of double standards and politicization, 1. Takes note of the reports of the Special Rapporteur of the situation of human rights in the Sudan (A/HRC/11/14) and on the status of implementation of the recommendations compiled by the Group of Experts on Darfur (A/HRC/11/14/Add.1); 2. Acknowledges the progress made in the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the steps taken by the Government of National Unity to strengthen the human rights legal and institutional framework, principally in law reform, and urges the Government to intensify those efforts; 3. Also acknowledges the decision of the Government of National Unity to hold general elections in February 2010, in accordance with the provisions of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, and expresses its hope that the elections will lead to the democratic and peaceful devolution of power; 4. Calls on the Government of National Unity to continue and intensify its efforts for the promotion and protection of human rights by taking all possible concrete steps to improve the human rights situation; 5. Stresses the primary responsibility of the Government of National Unity to protect all its citizens; 6. Welcomes the initial measures taken by the Government of National Unity to implement the recommendations of the Group of Experts and to address human rights concerns, including the deployment of police personnel in Darfur and the sentencing of several perpetrators of serious violations of human rights, but notes that a number of the recommendations have not yet been implemented; 7. Reiterates its call upon the signatories of the Darfur Peace Agreement to comply with their obligations under the Agreement, and calls upon non-signatory parties to join in and to commit themselves to the peace process in compliance with relevant United Nations resolutions; 8. Recalls that the Darfur Peace Agreement stipulates the principles of enhancing accountability and preventing impunity; 9. Commends the completion of the nation-wide population census as a prerequisite condition for holding national general elections; 10. Welcomes the submission by the Government of National Unity on the Abyei dispute to the Permanent Court of Arbitration; 11. Notes with appreciation that the Government of National Unity has approved the deployment of more than seventy-five human rights monitors all over the country; 12. Welcomes the invitation of the Government of National Unity to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit the country; 13. Takes note of the press statement on the consultative meeting between the Government of National Unity, the African Union, the League of Arab States and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, in which they took note of, inter alia, the reports of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur; 14. Also takes note of the communications, requests, statements and reports issued by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the High Commissioner and thematic mandate holders concerning human rights in the Sudan; 48 GE.09-16766