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28.
Requests all special procedures and other human rights mechanisms of the
Human Rights Council regularly and systematically to integrate the right to development
perspective into the implementation of their mandate;
29.
Decides, in order to assist the Human Rights Council in the implementation of
the right to development, to establish a subsidiary expert mechanism to provide the Council
with thematic expertise on the right to development in searching for, identifying and sharing
best practices with Member States and to promote the implementation of the right to
development worldwide;
30.
Also decides that the expert mechanism shall consist of five independent
experts, the selection of which shall be carried out in accordance with the procedure
established in paragraphs 39 to 53 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1;
31.
Further decides that the members of the expert mechanism shall serve for a
three-year period, and may be re-elected for one additional period;
32.
Decides that the expert mechanism shall report annually to the Human Rights
Council on its work, to be followed by an interactive dialogue with the Council;
33.
Also decides that the expert mechanism shall meet once annually for three days
in Geneva and once annually for three days in New York, and that the sessions may be a
combination of open and private meetings;
34.
Further decides that the annual meeting of the expert mechanism shall be open
to the participation, as observers, of States, United Nations mechanisms, bodies and
specialized agencies, funds and programmes, intergovernmental organizations, regional
organizations and mechanisms in the field of human rights, national human rights institutions
and other relevant national bodies, academics and experts on development issues, and nongovernmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council;
35.
Encourages relevant bodies of the United Nations system, within their
respective mandates, including United Nations specialized agencies, funds and programmes,
relevant international organizations, including the World Trade Organization and relevant
stakeholders, including civil society organizations, to give due consideration to the right to
development in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to
contribute further to the work of the Working Group on the Right to Development, and to
cooperate with the High Commissioner and the Special Rapporteur in the fulfilment of their
mandates with regard to the implementation of the right to development;
36.
Decides to review the progress of the implementation of the present resolution,
as a matter of priority, at its future sessions.
40th meeting
27 September 2019
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 27 to 13, with 7 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Afghanistan, Angola, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, China, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea,
Fiji, India, Iraq, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi
Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia
Against:
Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Hungary, Italy,
Japan, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Abstaining:
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Iceland, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay]
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