A/HRC/13/56
21.
Requests the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to report on all manifestations of
defamation of religions, and in particular on the ongoing serious implications of
Islamophobia, for the enjoyment of all rights by their followers, to the Council at its
fifteenth session.
42nd meeting
25 March 2010
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 20 to 17, with 8 abstentions (see part II, chap. IX). The
voting was as follows:
In favour:
Bahrain,, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burkina Faso, China,
Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
South Africa;
Against:
Argentina, Belgium, Chile, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands,
Norway, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay,
Zambia;
Abstaining:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cameroon, Ghana, India, Japan,
Madagascar, Mauritius.]
13/17.
The Social Forum
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling all previous resolutions and decisions adopted on the Social Forum by the
Commission on Human Rights and its Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of
Human Rights, as well as by the Economic and Social Council,
Recalling also its resolutions 5/1 of 18 June 2007, 6/13 of 28 September 2007, 10/4
of 25 March 2009 and 10/29 of 27 March 2009,
Bearing in mind that the reduction of poverty and the elimination of extreme poverty
remain an ethical and moral imperative of humankind, based on respect for human dignity,
and noting the report of the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the 2009 Social Forum
(A/HRC/13/51), held in Geneva from 31 August to 2 September 2009, which focused on
questions relating to best practices of States in implementing social security programmes
from a human rights perspective, the negative impact of economic and financial crises on
efforts to combat poverty, and international assistance and cooperation in combating
poverty,
Reaffirming the unique nature within the United Nations of the Social Forum, which
makes possible a dialogue and an exchange between the representatives of Member States,
civil society, including grass-roots organizations and intergovernmental organizations, and
stressing that the current reform of the United Nations should take into account the
contribution of the Social Forum as a vital space for open and fruitful dialogue on issues
linked with the national and international environment needed for the promotion of the
enjoyment of all human rights by all,
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