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9.
Takes note with appreciation of the first report of the independent expert in
the field of cultural rights (A/HRC/14/36), including the identification of areas of concern
and priority;
10.
Reiterates its call upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the
independent expert in the discharge of her mandate, to provide her with all the necessary
information requested by her and to give serious consideration to responding favourably to
her requests to visit their countries in order to enable her to fulfil her duties effectively;
11.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
provide all the necessary human and financial resources for the effective fulfilment of the
mandate by the independent expert;
12.
Requests the independent expert to present her next report to the Council at
its seventeenth session, and decides to consider the report under the same agenda item in
accordance with its programme of work.
35th meeting
18 June 2010
[Adopted without a vote.]
14/10
Enforced or involuntary disappearances
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the relevant articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which protect the right to life,
liberty and security of person, the right not to be subjected to torture and the right to
recognition as a person before the law,
Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolution 20 (XXXVI) of 29 February
1980, in which the Commission established a working group to examine questions relevant
to enforced or involuntary disappearances,
Recalling also all previous resolutions on enforced or involuntary disappearances of
the Council, the Commission on Human Rights and the General Assembly, the most recent
being Council resolution 10/10 of 26 March 2009 and Assembly resolution 64/167 of 18
December 2009,
Recalling further General Assembly resolution 47/133 of 18 December 1992, in
which the Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from
Enforced Disappearance,
Acknowledging the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of
All Persons from Enforced Disappearance by the General Assembly in its resolution 61/177
of 20 December 2006, and recognizing that the entry into force of the Convention as soon
as possible through its ratification by twenty States, and its implementation, will be a
significant contribution to ending impunity and to the promotion and protection of all
human rights for all,
Recalling Council resolutions 5/1 on institution-building of the United Nations
Human Rights Council and 5/2 on the code of conduct for special procedures mandate
holders of the Council, of 18 June 2007, stressing that all mandate holders shall discharge
their duties in accordance with these resolutions and the annexes thereto, and urging all
States to cooperate with and assist the special procedures in the performance of their tasks,
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