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4.
Also requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to collect information on the measures that Governments have taken to eliminate
discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, and, if
extrabudgetary funding is available, to hold a meeting to exchange views among relevant actors,
including Governments, observers of the United Nations, relevant United Nations bodies,
specialized agencies and programmes, non-governmental organizations, scientists, medical
experts as well as representatives of persons affected by leprosy and their family members, and
to transmit a report to the Council and the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee;
5.
Requests the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee to examine the report
referred to in paragraph 4 above, and formulate a draft set of principles and guidelines for the
elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, and
to submit it to the Council for its consideration by September 2009;
6.
Decides to consider this issue based on these reports submitted to the Council in
September 2009.
28th meeting
18 June 2008
Adopted without a vote.
8/14. Situation of human rights in Myanmar
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights, and reaffirming
Council resolutions S-5/1 of 2 October 2007, 6/33 of 14 December 2007 and 7/31 of
28 March 2008,
Welcoming the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar
(A/HRC/8/12) while calling on the Myanmar authorities to extend full cooperation to the Special
Rapporteur, including by inviting him to visit Myanmar as soon as possible,
Being deeply concerned that the urgent calls contained in the above-mentioned resolutions,
as well as of other United Nations bodies concerning the human rights situation in Myanmar
have not been met and further emphasizing that, without significant progress towards meeting
these calls of the international community, the human rights situation in Myanmar will continue
to deteriorate,
Expressing its condolences to those who suffered loss as a result of Cyclone Nargis, and
welcoming the efforts of international, regional and national organizations to bring relief to the
survivors of this natural disaster and noting the commitment made by the authorities of
Myanmar, on 25 May, to grant unfettered access to relief workers to the affected areas,
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