engaged in teaching, as well as social workers, to promote mutual understanding, tolerance and
respect;
6.
Welcomes and encourages the continuing efforts of all actors in society, including
non-governmental organizations and bodies and groups based on religion or belief, to promote
the implementation of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of
Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, and further encourages their work in promoting
freedom of religion or belief and in highlighting cases of religious intolerance, discrimination
and persecution;
7.
Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit her next annual report to the Council at its
thirteenth session;
8.
Decides to remain seized of the question of the elimination of all forms of
intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief under the same agenda item.
44th meeting
27 March 2009
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 22 to 1, with 24 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mauritius,
Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay;
Against:
South Africa;
Abstaining:
Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon,
China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Indonesia, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Zambia.]
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