A/HRC/RES/28/7
this context decides that the working group shall invite experts and all relevant stakeholders
to participate in its work, including members of the Working Group on the use of
mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the right of peoples to selfdetermination;
3.
Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights to provide the open-ended intergovernmental working group with all the
financial and human resources necessary for the fulfilment of its mandate.
55th meeting
26 March 2015
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 32 to 13, with 2 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana,
Brazil, China, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gabon,
Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sierra
Leone, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic
of), Viet Nam
Against:
Albania, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Montenegro,
Netherlands, Portugal, Republic of Korea, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Abstaining:
Kazakhstan, United States of America]
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