A/HRC/RES/28/31 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 9 April 2015 English Original: French Human Rights Council Twenty-eighth session Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council 28/31 Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, Recalling also its resolutions 5/1 on institution-building of the United Nations Human Rights Council and 5/2 on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate Holders of the Human Rights Council, both of 18 June 2007, Recalling further its resolutions 20/17 of 6 July 2012 on the situation of human rights in Mali, 22/18 of 21 March 2013, in which it established a mandate for an independent expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, and 25/36 of 28 March 2014, in which it extended the mandate of the Independent Expert, Reaffirming that all States have a responsibility to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the international covenants on human rights and other relevant international human rights instruments to which they are parties, Reaffirming also its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Mali, Deeply concerned about the establishment of terrorist groups in the Sahel region, about continued armed attacks, about human rights abuses and violations in Mali, and about the security situation, which continue to hinder humanitarian access in the northern part of the country, GE.15-07401 (E) 140415 140415 