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; 26 27 48 A/HRC/16/73. A/HRC/WG.8/2/1. GE.11-17059

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