A/HRC/RES/21/25 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 19 October 2012 English Original: French Human Rights Council Tenth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*** 21/25 Situation of human rights in the Republic of Mali The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international instruments, Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, Reaffirming that all States have an obligation to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant human rights instruments to which they are party, Reaffirming also its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Republic of Mali, Reaffirming further Human Rights Council resolution 20/17 of 6 July 2012, on the situation of human rights in Mali, in which the Council welcomed the communiqués on the situation in Mali dated 6 April 2012 from the African Union, dated 23 March, 3 April, 12 June and 4 September 2012 from the African Union Peace and Security Council, and dated 6 June 2012 from the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States, not least with regard to their condemnation of the coup d’état of 22 March 2012 and the unilateral declaration of independence, Welcoming the formation on 20 August 2012 of a Government of national unity, Concerned at the impact of the activities of organized transnational crime networks on the situation of human rights in Mali and in the other countries of the region, ** *** GE.12-18160 Second reissue for technical reasons (12 November 2012). The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twenty-first session (A/HRC/21/2), chap. I. **