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13.
Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, immediately lift the siege
imposed on the occupied Gaza Strip, and that it open all borders and crossing points, and
allow the free access of fuel, humanitarian needs and medicine in addition to all necessary
materials and equipment needed for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Gaza as agreed
upon at the International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the
Reconstruction of Gaza, held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 2 March 2009;
14.
Decides to continue the consideration of this question at its sixteenth session.
41st meeting
24 March 2010
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 31 to 9, with 7 abstentions (see part II, chap. VII). The
voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of),
Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, India, Indonesia,
Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
South Africa, Uruguay, Zambia;
Against:
Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America;
Abstaining:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Japan, Republic of
Korea, Slovenia, Ukraine.]
13/9.
Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Independent
International Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolution S-9/1, adopted on 12 January
2009, and resolution S-12/1, adopted on 16 October 2010, in follow-up to the human rights
situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the report of
the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict,
Recalling also relevant General Assembly resolutions, including resolution 64/10,
adopted on 5 November 2009, and resolution 64/254, adopted on 26 February 2010, in
follow-up to the report of the Fact-Finding Mission,
Recalling further the relevant rules and principles of international law, including
international humanitarian and human rights law, in particular the Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, which is
applicable to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human
rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the
Rights of the Child,
Reaffirming the obligation of all parties to respect international humanitarian law
and international human rights law,
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