United Nations
General Assembly
A/HRC/DEC/19/109
Distr.: General
4 April 2012
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Nineteenth session
Agenda item 6
Universal Periodic Review
Decision adopted by the Human Rights Council *
19/109
Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Syrian Arab Republic
The Human Rights Council,
Acting in compliance with the mandate entrusted to it by the General Assembly in its
resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, and in
accordance with the President’s statement PRST/8/1 on modalities and practices for the
universal periodic review process of 9 April 2008;
Having conducted the review of the Syrian Arab Republic on 7 October 2011 in
conformity with all the relevant provisions contained in Council resolution 5/1;
Adopts the outcome of the universal periodic review on the Syrian Arab Republic
which is constituted of the report of the Working Group on the Syrian Arab Republic
(A/HRC/19/11), together with the views of the Syrian Arab Republic concerning the
recommendations and/or conclusions, as well as its voluntary commitments and its replies
presented before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary to questions or issues that were
not sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue in the Working Group
(A/HRC/19/11/Add.1 and A/HRC/19/2, chapter VI).
[Adopted without a vote]
*
GE.12-12829
39th meeting
15 March 2012
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its nineteenth session (A/HRC/19/2), chap. I.
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