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Item 7.
Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories
− Human rights violations and implications of the Israeli occupation of
Palestine and other occupied Arab territories
− Right to self-determination of the Palestinian people
Item 8.
Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of
Action
Item 9.
Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance,
follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of
Action
Item 10.
Technical assistance and capacity-building
VI. METHODS OF WORK
110. The methods of work, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 60/251 should be
transparent, impartial, equitable, fair, pragmatic; lead to clarity, predictability, and
inclusiveness. They may also be updated and adjusted over time.
A. Institutional arrangements
1. Briefings on prospective resolutions or decisions
111. The briefings on prospective resolutions or decisions would be informative only,
whereby delegations would be apprised of resolutions and/or decisions tabled or intended
to be tabled. These briefings will be organized by interested delegations.
2.
President’s open-ended information meetings on
resolutions, decisions and other related business
112. The President’s open-ended information meetings on resolutions, decisions and other
related business shall provide information on the status of negotiations on draft resolutions
and/or decisions so that delegations may gain a bird’s eye view of the status of such drafts.
The consultations shall have a purely informational function, combined with information
on the extranet, and be held in a transparent and inclusive manner. They shall not serve as
a negotiating forum.
3. Informal consultations on proposals convened by main sponsors
113. Informal consultations shall be the primary means for the negotiation of draft
resolutions and/or decisions, and their convening shall be the responsibility of the
sponsor(s). At least one informal open-ended consultation should be held on each
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