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evolve into a basis for consideration of an international legal standard of a binding nature,
through a collaborative process of engagement;
(e)
To request the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to continue to take all necessary measures and to allocate adequate resources for the
effective implementation of the present resolution, taking into account the needs for the
effective implementation of the recommendations of the Working Group referred to in
paragraph 2 (b) above;
3.
Also decides to review the progress of the implementation of the present
resolution as a matter of priority at its future sessions.
32nd meeting
2 October 2009
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 33 to 0, with 14 abstentions (see part II, chap. III.). The
voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of),
Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, 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;
Abstaining:
Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan,
Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northem Ireland, United States of
America.]
12/24.
Access to medicine in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the
highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recalling the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2001/33 of 23 April 2001,
2002/31 and 2002/32 of 22 April 2002, 2003/28 of 22 April 2003, 2004/27 of 16 April
2004 and 2005/24 of 15 April 2005, and that the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the
highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a human right that derives from
the inherent dignity of the human person,
Emphasizing the development goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration,
in particular the four health-related development goals,
Noting with concern that, for millions of people throughout the world, the full
enjoyment of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
remains a distant goal and that, in many cases, especially for those living in poverty, this
goal is becoming increasingly remote,
Recalling the Declaration on the Right to Development, which establishes that States
should take, at the national level, all necessary measures for the realization of the right to
development and should ensure, inter alia, equality of opportunity for all in their access to
basic resources, such as health services,
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