A/HRC/19/2
(a)
Training and capacity-building, including e-learning: in partnership with the
Office of the High Commissioner and the United Nations Institute for Training and
Research and/or relevant academic/training institutions, the Trust Fund will support the
development of, and the participation of least developed countries and small island
developing States in, targeted training courses for officials on the international human
rights system, international human rights law and the rules and functioning of the Human
Rights Council and its mechanisms;
(b)
Travel and accommodation for Government officials to participate in Human
Rights Council sessions: the Trust Fund will help least developed countries and small
island developing States, represented or not represented in Geneva, to participate in Council
sessions or to bring in supplementary support;
(c)
Fellowship programmes: such programmes will cover subsistence costs to
allow officials from least developed countries and small island developing States to
undertake three-month work placements in their respective delegations to the Human
Rights Council;
(d)
Induction training: the Trust Fund will support the organization, by the Office
of the High Commissioner, of induction training sessions for diplomats from least
developed countries and small island developing States assigned to cover the sessions of the
Human Rights Council and the multilateral human rights system; training sessions will be
organized to coincide with the main periods of arrival and departure from Geneva. During
the sessions, diplomats will receive focused, practical training on the work procedure of the
Council and its mechanisms.
55th meeting
23 March 2012
[Adopted without a vote.]
19/27
The human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
and the strengthening of technical cooperation and advisory services
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
Recalling also Council resolutions 5/1 of 18 June 2007, 7/20 of 27 March 2008 and
S-8/1 of 1 December 2008,
Recalling further Council resolutions 10/33 of 27 March 2009 and 13/22 of 26
March 2010, as well as Council resolution 16/35 of 25 March 2011, in which the Council
called upon the international community to support the national efforts of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo and its institutions with a view to improving the human rights
situation, and to respond to its requests for technical assistance,
Reaffirming that all States have an obligation to promote and protect the human
rights and fundamental freedoms set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as obligations under the international
covenants on human rights and other relevant instruments to which they are parties,
Expressing concern at the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, mainly in the eastern part of the country, resulting from violence, including sexual
violence, against civilians, especially women and children, and taking note of the progress
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