A/HRC/45/2
(a)
Representatives of States members of the Human Rights Council: Australia,
Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria (by video message), Canada2 (also on behalf of Albania, Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States
of America), Czechia, Denmark (also on behalf of Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden)
(by video message), Eritrea, Germany (also on behalf of the European Union, Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Ukraine), Indonesia, Italy,
Japan, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Netherlands (by video message), Peru, Philippines,
Poland (by video message), Slovakia (by video message), Spain, Ukraine (by video
message), Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of);
(b)
Representatives of observer States: Albania, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Burundi,
Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia (by video message), Finland, Greece, Iceland, Iran (Islamic
Republic of), Iraq, Ireland (by video message), Kazakhstan, Lao People’s Democratic
Republic, Latvia (by video message), Liechtenstein, Lithuania (by video message),
Luxembourg (by video message), Malta, Myanmar (by video message), New Zealand,
Nicaragua, Norway, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania (by video message), Russian
Federation, Slovenia, Sweden (by video message), Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic,
Tajikistan, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (by video
message), Holy See;
(c)
Observers for United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related
organizations: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women
(UN Women), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF);
(d)
Observers for non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International,
Article 19: International Centre against Censorship, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen
Participation, Human Rights House Foundation, Human Rights Watch, International
Commission of Jurists (also on behalf of the International Bar Association), International
Federation for Human Rights Leagues, United Nations Watch, World Organization against
Torture.
J.
Consideration of and action on draft proposals
Situation of human rights in Belarus in the run up to the 2020 presidential election
and in its aftermath
30.
At the 10th meeting, on 18 September 2020, the representative of Germany, on
behalf of the European Union, introduced draft resolution A/HRC/45/L.1, sponsored by
Germany, on behalf of the European Union, and co-sponsored by Albania, Australia,
Canada, Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, the Marshall Islands, Monaco, Montenegro, New
Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Subsequently, Bosnia and Herzegovina
and Costa Rica joined the sponsors.
31.
At the same meeting, the representative of the Russian Federation introduced
amendments
A/HRC/45/L.2,
A/HRC/45/L.3,
A/HRC/45/L.4,
A/HRC/45/L.5,
A/HRC/45/L.6, A/HRC/45/L.7, A/HRC/45/L.8, A/HRC/45/L.9, A/HRC/45/L.10,
2
Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of member and observer States.
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