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implementation of the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, which
provides a global standard for upholding human rights in relation to business activities that
are connected with Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem;
16.
Takes note of the statement of the Working Group on the issue of human
rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises in follow-up to Human
Rights Council resolution 22/29;
17.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in close
consultation with the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational
corporations and other business enterprises, in follow-up to the report of the independent
international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements
on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people
throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, 1 and as a
necessary step for the implementation of the recommendation contained in paragraph 117
thereof, to produce a database of all business enterprises involved in the activities detailed
in paragraph 96 of the afore-mentioned report, to be updated annually, and to transmit the
data therein in the form of a report to the Council at its thirty-fourth session;
18.
Requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present
resolution, with particular emphasis on the human rights and international law violations
involved in the production of settlement goods and the relationship between trade in these
goods and the maintenance and economic growth of settlements, at its thirty-fourth session;
19.
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
66th meeting
24 March 2016
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 32 to 0, with 15 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Algeria, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Burundi,
China, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, India,
Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco,
Namibia, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi
Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela
(Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam
Abstaining:
Albania, Belgium, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Latvia, Netherlands,
Paraguay, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Togo, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland]
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