A/HRC/RES/18/11 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 October 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Eighteenth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council* 18/11 Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the Council, and 5/2, on the code of conduct for special procedures mandate holders of the Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his/her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto, Recalling also Human Rights Council resolution 9/1 of 24 September 2008 and all resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights, in particular resolutions 1995/81 of 8 March 1995, 2004/17 of 16 April 2004 and 2005/15 of 14 April 2005, Affirming that the transboundary and national movements and the dumping of hazardous substances and waste may constitute a serious threat to the full enjoyment of human rights, * GE.11-16661 The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. I.