A/HRC/31/L.68 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 22 March 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development China, Cuba, Egypt,* Pakistan,* Russian Federation: amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/31/L.28 31/… Protecting human rights defenders addressing economic, social and cultural rights Paragraph 17 should read 17. Encourages business enterprises of all categories to avoid, identify, assess and address any adverse human rights impacts related to their activities through meaningful consultation with relevant stakeholders in a manner consistent with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework,1 and underlines the importance of accountability, including of all business enterprises, both transnational and others, including their provision of or cooperation in remedial action, and also encourages all business enterprises to share and exchange best practices in an accessible form on how they address their adverse human rights impacts, including with regard to information that is sufficient to evaluate the effectiveness of the response to the particular human rights impact involved; * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. 1 See A/HRC/17/11, annex. GE.16-04684(E) *1604684*