A/HRC/DEC/18/116
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 October 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Eighteenth session
Agenda item 6
Universal Periodic Review
Decision adopted by the Human Rights Council*
18/116
Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Papua New
Guinea
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 the President’s statement PRST/8/1 on modalities and practices for the
universal periodic review process of 9 April 2008;
Having conducted the review of Papua New Guinea on 11 May 2011 in conformity
with all the relevant provisions contained in Council resolution 5/1;
Adopts the outcome of the universal periodic review on Papua New Guinea which is
constituted of the report of the Working Group on Papua New Guinea (A/HRC/18/18 and
A/HRC/18/18/Corr.1), together with the views of Papua New Guinea 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/18/2, chapter VI and A/HRC/18/18/Add.1).
38th meeting
30 September 2011
[Adopted without a vote]
*
GE.11-16932
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. I.
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