A/HRC/RES/42/2 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 2 October 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9–27 September 2019 Agenda item 2 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 26 September 2019 42/2. Human rights situation in Yemen The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling relevant international human rights treaties, Recognizing the primary responsibility of States to promote and protect human rights, Recalling Security Council resolutions 2014 (2011) of 21 October 2011, 2051 (2012) of 12 June 2012, 2140 (2014) of 26 February 2014, 2216 (2015) of 14 April 2015 and 2451 (2018) of 21 December 2018, Recalling also Human Rights Council resolutions 18/19 of 29 September 2011, 19/29 of 23 March 2012, 21/22 of 27 September 2012, 24/32 of 27 September 2013, 27/19 of 25 September 2014, 30/18 of 2 October 2015 and 33/16 of 29 September 2016, and in particular resolutions 36/31 of 29 September 2017 and 39/16 of 28 September 2018, Welcoming the commitment of Yemeni political parties to complete the political transition process on the basis of the Gulf Cooperation Council initiative and its implementation mechanism, and emphasizing the need for the implementation of the recommendations made in the outcome document of the National Dialogue Conference and to complete the drafting of a new constitution, Welcoming also the Stockholm Agreement of 13 December 2018, emphasizing the need for its implementation and encouraging all parties to maintain their commitment to the United Nations-led process and to engage with the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen in an inclusive and political process in order to end the conflict, Reiterating its strong support for the ongoing efforts of the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy, and welcoming in this regard the positive engagement of the Government of Yemen in the peace talks, Taking note of the statements made by the President of the Security Council on 15 March 2018 and 29 August 2019 on Yemen,1 1 S/PRST/2018/5 and S/PRST/2019/9. GE.19-16930(E) 