A/HRC/DEC/43/115
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 March 2020
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-third session
24 February–20 March 2020
Agenda item 1
Organizational and procedural matters
Decision adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 13 March 2020
43/115. Extension of mandates and mandated activities
At its 34th meeting, on 13 March 2020, the Human Rights Council decided to adopt
the text below:
“The Human Rights Council,
Noting the measures taken by the host country, Switzerland, to prevent the
spread of COVID-19, and the assessments made by the World Health Organization,
the United Nations Office at Geneva and the secretariat of the Human Rights Council,
Recalling that, on 12 March 2020, the Human Rights Council decided to
suspend its forty-third session on 13 March until further notice,
Recalling also that all resolutions and decisions that were tabled prior to 1 p.m.
on 13 March 2020 will be acted upon by the Human Rights Council when it resumes
its forty-third session,
Decides to extend all mandates and mandated activities, as described in the
supplementary information relating to the three-year programme of work for 20202022 and that would otherwise expire, until the date on which they can be considered
by the Human Rights Council when it resumes its forty-third session.”
[Adopted without a vote.]
GE.20-04017(E)
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