A/HRC/36/L.52 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 28 September 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-sixth session 11–29 September 2017 Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms China, India, Russian Federation,* Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/36/L.26/Rev.1 36/… Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights The thirteenth preambular paragraph should read Recalling the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles), and underlining the role that national human rights institutions can play in preventing and addressing cases of reprisal or intimidation against individuals and groups who seek to cooperate, cooperate or have cooperated with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights, * State not a member of the Human Rights Council. GE.17-16892(E) 