A/HRC/RES/17/16
14.
Takes note of the progress report of the Human Rights Council Advisory
Committee on the right of peoples to peace,1 which includes more than 40 possible
standards for inclusion in the draft declaration on the right of peoples to peace;
15.
Supports the need to further promote the realization of the right of peoples to
peace and, in that regard, requests the Advisory Committee, in consultation with Member
States, civil society, academia and all relevant stakeholders, to present a draft declaration
on the right of peoples to peace and to report on progress thereon to the Council at its
twentieth session;
16.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to retransmit the questionnaire prepared by the Advisory Committee in the context
of its mandate on the issue of the right of peoples to peace, seeking the views and
comments of Member States, civil society, academia and all relevant stakeholders;
17.
Decides to continue to consider the issue in 2012 under the same agenda
item.
34th meeting
17 June 2011
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 32 to 14, with no abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, China, Cuba,
Djibouti, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, Thailand, Uganda, Uruguay, Zambia
Against:
Belgium, France, Hungary, Japan, Norway, Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova,
Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
United States of America]
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