A/HRC/31/L.63 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 22 March 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development China, Cuba, Egypt,* Iran (Islamic Republic of),* Pakistan,* Russian Federation: amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/31/L.28 31/… Protecting human rights defenders addressing economic, social and cultural rights Paragraph 12 should read 12. Calls upon all States to ensure that information held by public authorities is disclosed, and also calls upon all States to adopt transparent and clear laws and policies that provide for the general right to request and receive information for which public access should be granted, except within narrow and clearly defined limitations; * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. GE.16-04641(E) *1604641*