A/HRC/RES/41/22
13.
Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in Belarus for a period of one year, and requests the Special Rapporteur to
submit a report on the situation of human rights in Belarus to the Human Rights Council at
its forty-forth session and to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session;
14.
Urges the Government of Belarus to cooperate fully with the Special
Rapporteur, including by allowing her access to visit the country and to meet freely with
relevant stakeholders, including civil society, in her official capacity in order to assist the
Government in fulfilling its international human rights obligations and by considering
implementation of her recommendations, and also urges the Government to extend full
cooperation to thematic special procedures;
15.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to provide the Special Rapporteur with the assistance and resources necessary to allow
the fulfilment of her mandate, and requests the latter to continue to monitor developments
and make recommendations.
41st meeting
12 July 2019
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 20 to 6, with 21 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Czechia,
Denmark, Fiji, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Slovakia, Spain,
Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Against:
China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Philippines
Abstaining:
Afghanistan, Angola, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan,
Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia,
Uruguay]
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