Human Rights Council
Resolution 4/6. Strengthening of the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the
Commission on Human Rights, in particular Assembly resolutions 48/141 of 20
December 1993 and 55/234 of 23 December 2000, and Commission resolutions
1998/83 of 24 April 1998, 1999/54 of 27 April 1999, 2000/1 of 7 April 2000, 2002/2
of 12 April 2002 and 2004/2 of 8 April 2004,
Recalling paragraph 5 (g) of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March
2006, in which the Assembly decided that the Human Rights Council should assume
the role and responsibilities of the Commission on Human Rights relating to the work
of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as decided
by the General Assembly in its resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993,
Taking note with satisfaction that the regular budget resources of the Office of
the High Commissioner will be doubled by 2010,
Taking note with appreciation that the unearmarked contributions of donors
are on the increase, which gives the Office of the High Commissioner flexibility in
the allocation of resources for its operational activities in accordance with the
resolutions of the Council and other relevant United Nations organs and bodies, and
with a view to treating all human rights in a fair and equal manner,
Reaffirming that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and
interrelated and that the international community must treat human rights globally in a
fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis,
Recalling that one of the purposes of the United Nations is to achieve
international cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights,
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