A/HRC/25/L.44 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 26 March 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fifth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Algeria, Bahrain,* Belarus,* China, Cuba, Ecuador,* Egypt,* Ethiopia, India, Namibia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam: amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/25/L.24 25/… Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Above the first preambular paragraph, insert a new paragraph reading Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant instruments, * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. GE.14-12529 *1412529*