A/HRC/16/2
1.
Takes note of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights;26
2.
Regrets the non-cooperation of the occupying Power, Israel, with the
independent international fact-finding mission on the Gaza flotilla incident;
3.
Calls upon concerned parties to ensure the immediate implementation of the
conclusions contained in the report of the fact-finding mission;
4.
Encourages the panel of inquiry established by the Secretary-General to
complete its work without delay;
5.
Requests the High Commissioner to submit a report on the status of the
implementation of paragraph 3 above to the Human Rights Council at its seventeenth
session;
6.
Decides to follow up the implementation of the present resolution at its
seventeenth session.
47th meeting
25 March 2011
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 37 to 1, with 8 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso,
Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala,
Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay
Against:
United States of America
Abstaining:
Cameroon, Hungary, Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova,
Slovakia, Ukraine, Zambia]
16/21
Review of the work and functioning of the Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council,
Acting in compliance with the mandate entrusted to it by the General Assembly in
paragraph 16 of resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, in which the Assembly decided that
the Human Rights Council should review its work and functioning five years after its
establishment and report to the Assembly,
Having considered the report of the open-ended intergovernmental working group
on the review of work and functioning of the Human Rights Council,27 established by the
Council in its resolution 12/1 of 1 October 2009,
1.
Takes note of the report of the open-ended intergovernmental working group
on the review of work and functioning of the Human Rights Council;
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27
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A/HRC/16/73.
A/HRC/WG.8/2/1.
GE.11-17059
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