A/HRC/19/2
as the lack of access permitted to the Special Rapporteur to travel to the Islamic Republic of
Iran,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on the institution-building of the
Council, and 5/2, on the code of conduct for special procedures mandate holders of the
Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that mandate holders are to discharge their duties in
accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
1.
Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran for a further period of one year, and requests
the Special Rapporteur to submit a report on the implementation of his mandate to the
Human Rights Council at its twenty-second session and to the General Assembly at its
sixty-seventh session;
2.
Calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to cooperate fully
with the Special Rapporteur and to permit him access to visit the country as well as to
provide all information necessary to allow the fulfilment of the mandate;
3.
Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with the
resources necessary to fulfil the mandate.
53rd meeting
22 March 2012
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 22 to 5, with 20 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Austria, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic,
Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Maldives, Mauritania, Mexico, Norway, Peru,
Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, United
States of America
Against:
Bangladesh, China, Cuba, Qatar, Russian Federation
Abstaining:
Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, India,
Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nigeria,
Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Uganda, Uruguay]
19/13
The situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other human rights instruments,
Recalling all previous resolutions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights, the
Human Rights Council and the General Assembly on the situation of human rights in the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including Council resolution 16/8 of 24 March
2011 and Assembly resolution 66/174 of 19 December 2011, and urging the
implementation of those resolutions,
Bearing in mind paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March
2006,
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