A/HRC/11/L.11 page 72 Reaffirming Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/82 of 21 April 2005, and Council resolutions 6/34 and 6/35 of 14 December 2007, 7/16 of 27 March 2008 and 9/17 of 24 September 2008, and calling on the Government of the Sudan to continue and intensify its efforts to implement them, Recalling that, in its resolution 5/1, the Council stipulated that the review, rationalization and improvement of mandates, as well as the creation of new ones, must be guided by the principles of universality, impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity, thereupon leading to constructive international dialogue and cooperation, with a view to enhancing the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, 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;