A/HRC/RES/29/13 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 23 July 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-ninth session Agenda item 2 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 2 July 2015 29/13. Mission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to improve human rights, accountability, reconciliation and capacity in South Sudan The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Guided also by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the African Charter on Human and Peoplesʼ Rights and relevant human rights treaties, Emphasizing that States have the primary responsibility for the promotion and protection of human rights, Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, as well as Council resolutions 18/17 of 29 September 2011, 21/28 of 28 September 2012, 23/24 of 14 June 2013 and 26/31 of 27 June 2014 on technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan in the field of human rights, and President’s statement PRST 25/2 of 28 March 2014, Taking note of all relevant decisions and communiqués of the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Taking note also of Security Council resolutions 2206 (2015) of 3 March 2015 and 2223 (2015) of 28 May 2015, Deeply concerned by the allegations of human rights violations and abuses in the report of the Secretary General on South Sudan,1 the reports of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan dated 21 February 2014, 8 May 2014, 19 December 2014, and 9 January 2015, and the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,2 Noting with deep concern the prevailing situation on the ground marked by continued fighting and attacks against civilians, access restrictions and other impediments to humanitarian assistance, acute food insecurity and the dire humanitarian crisis, producing large populations of internally displaced persons within South Sudan and refugees outside the country, 1 2 S/2015/296. A/HRC/28/49. GE.15-12424(E) *1512424*