A/HRC/24/L.53 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 25 September 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fourth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Algeria*, China*, Cuba*, Egypt*, Ethiopia, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russian Federation*, Saudi Arabia*, South Africa*, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/24/L.24 24… Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights Paragraph 2 should read 2. Recognizes the important role of civil society, at all levels, with the consent of the State concerned, in providing assistance during financial and economic crises and in humanitarian crises, including armed conflict, natural disasters and man-made disasters, as well as during the stages of recovery, relief and rehabilitation, and also in the realization of transitional justice goals and in the reconstruction of society; * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. GE.13-17638