A/HRC/25/L.49 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 26 March 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fifth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Algeria, Bahrain,* Belarus,* China, Cuba, Egypt,* Ethiopia, India, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/25/L.20 25/… The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests After the eighth preambular paragraph, insert a new paragraph reading Recalling that the primary responsibility for promoting and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms rests with the State, and reaffirming that national legislation consistent with the Charter and other international obligations of the State in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms is the legal framework within which protests are conducted, * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. GE.14-12592 *1412592*