A/HRC/15/L.35 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 28 September 2010 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifteenth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Japan, Norway, Switzerland, United States of America: amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/15/L.3 After paragraph 9, insert a new paragraph reading: 10. Decides to renew for a period of one year the mandate of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, who shall assume the mandate and responsibilities set out by the Council in its resolutions 6/34, 6/35, 7/16, 9/17 and 11/10, requests the independent expert to engage with the newly created human rights forums in the Sudan as well as the human rights sections of the African Union, the United Nations Mission in the Sudan and the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur and to submit a report to the Council for consideration at its eighteenth session, and requests the Secretary-General to provide the independent expert with all assistance necessary to discharge the mandate fully. GE.10-16496