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Human Rights Council. The Council encourages continued cooperation in this regard by
the Government of Nepal as well as by all stakeholders in order to address the situation
of human rights in Nepal. The Council requests the High Commissioner to submit a
report on the human rights situation in Nepal and the activities of her Office, including
technical cooperation, to the Council at its fourth session.”
[See chap. III.]
2/115. Darfur
At its 34th meeting, on 28 November 2006, the Human Rights Council decided, by a
recorded vote of 25 votes to 11, with 10 abstentions, to adopt the following text:
“1.
The Human Rights Council welcomes the Darfur Peace Agreement signed in
Abuja as well as the measures already taken towards its implementation. It calls on all
parties that have not yet done so to sign the Agreement, in compliance with the relevant
United Nations resolutions;
“2.
The Council notes with concern the seriousness of the human rights and
humanitarian situation in Darfur and calls on all parties to put an immediate end to the
ongoing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, with a special
focus on vulnerable groups, including women and children, while not hindering the
return of all internally displaced persons to their homes;
“3.
The Council notes that the Darfur Peace Agreement stipulates the principles of
enhancing accountability and preventing impunity. It calls on all parties to uphold the
principles which are equally applicable to States and non-State actors and to cooperate
fully in the implementation of the Agreement;
“4.
The Council calls on all parties, whether they have signed the Darfur Peace
Agreement or failed to do so, to ensure full and unfettered access by monitors of the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights deployed in the
Sudan to all places where they have duties to discharge and to ensure the full, safe and
unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance to those in need in Darfur;
“5.
The Council welcomes the cooperation established by the Government of the
Sudan with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, and
calls upon the Government to continue and intensify its cooperation with the Human
Rights Council and its mechanisms;
“6.
The Council calls upon the international community at large and donor countries
and peace partners in particular to honour their pledges of support and to provide urgent
and adequate financial and technical assistance to the Government of the Sudan in the
promotion and protection of human rights.”
[See chap. III.]
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