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institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles), and to
engage actively in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; 2
10.
Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in Belarus for a period of one year, and requests the Special Rapporteur to
submit a report on the situation of human rights in Belarus to the Human Rights Council at
its thirty-fifth session and to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session;
11.
Urges the Government of Belarus to cooperate fully with the Special
Rapporteur, including by providing him access to visit the country with a view to assisting
the Government in fulfilling its international human rights obligations, and also urges the
Government to extend full cooperation to thematic special procedures;
12.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to provide the Special Rapporteur with the assistance and resources necessary to
allow the fulfilment of the mandate.
45th meeting
1 July 2016
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 15 to 9, with 23 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Albania, Belgium, France, Germany, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama,
Paraguay, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Switzerland, the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Against:
Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burundi, China, Cuba, India, Nigeria,
Russian Federation, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam
Abstaining:
Algeria, Bangladesh, Botswana, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives,
Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South
Africa, Togo, United Arab Emirates]
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General Assembly resolution 70/1.
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