United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/DEC/22/116 Distr.: General 15 April 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-second session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Decision adopted by the Human Rights Council 22/116. Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights At its 47th meeting, on 21 March 2013, the Human Rights Council decided to adopt the text below: “Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling all previous decisions and resolutions on the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights adopted by the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, Recognizing that the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights is essential for the full achievement of the purposes of the United Nations, including the effective promotion and protection of all human rights, Recalling that, in Human Rights Council resolution 19/33 of 23 March 2012, the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to organize, before the twenty-second session of the Council, a seminar on the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights and to prepare a report on the deliberations held during the seminar and to submit it to the Council at its twenty-second session, Acknowledging the holding of the seminar on the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights on 15 February 2013, with the participation of States, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, and other stakeholders, including academic experts and civil society,  The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twenty-second session (A/HRC/22/2), chap. I. GE.13-13074