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unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of all human rights, including the right to
development”, for the forty-second session with the participation of Member States,
relevant United Nations bodies, agencies and other relevant stakeholders, and requests the
Special Rapporteur to act as rapporteur for the panel discussion and to prepare a report
thereon, and to submit and present the report to the Council at its forty-third session;
28.
Requests the High Commissioner, in discharging her functions relating to the
promotion, realization and protection of the right to development and bearing in mind the
continuing impact of unilateral coercive measures on the population of least developed and
developing countries, to give priority to the present resolution in her annual report;
29.
Urges the High Commissioner, relevant special procedures of the Human
Rights Council and the treaty bodies to pay attention, within the framework of their
mandates, to the situation of persons whose rights have been violated as the result of
unilateral coercive measures;
30.
Requests the Secretary-General to provide the assistance necessary to the
High Commissioner to fulfil her mandate effectively, in particular by placing adequate
human and material resources at her disposal;
31.
Urges States to promote and preserve multilateralism and to take the
measures necessary to strengthen bilateral, regional and international cooperation aimed at
addressing the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the full enjoyment of all
human rights;
32.
Decides to continue its consideration of the issue of the negative impact of
unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights in accordance with its
programme of work.
52nd meeting
21 March 2019
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 27 to 15, with 5 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile,
China, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Fiji, India,
Iraq, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia,
Somalia, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Uruguay
Against:
Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Hungary,
Iceland, Italy, Japan, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
Abstaining:
Afghanistan, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Senegal]
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