A/HRC/RES/26/9 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 14 July 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-sixth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council 26/9 Elaboration of an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights The Human Rights Council, Recalling the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Recalling further the Declaration on the Right to Development, adopted by the General Assembly through its resolution 41/128 on 4 December 1986, Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/69 of 20 April 2005, in which the Commission established the mandate of Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, and all previous Human Rights Council resolutions on the issues of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, including resolutions 8/7 of 18 June 2008 and 17/4 of 16 June 2011, Bearing in mind the approval of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 17/4, Taking into account all the work undertaken by the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the question of the responsibilities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises1 with respect to human rights, 1 “Other business enterprises” denotes all business enterprises that have a transnational character in their operational activities, and does not apply to local businesses registered in terms of relevant domestic law. GE.14-08252 (E) *1408252*