A/HRC/RES/21/5 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 October 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-first session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council 21/5. Contribution of the United Nations system as a whole to the advancement of the business and human rights agenda and the dissemination and implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights The Human Rights Council, Recalling all previous Human Rights Council resolutions on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, including Council resolutions 8/7 of 18 June 2008 and 17/4 of 16 June 2011, as well as Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/69 of 20 April 2005, Recalling also the endorsement of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 17/4, Recalling further the request made by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 17/4 to the Secretary-General to prepare a report on how the United Nations system as a whole, including programmes, funds and specialized agencies, can contribute to the advancement of the business and human rights agenda and the dissemination and implementation of the Guiding Principles, addressing in particular how capacity-building of all relevant actors to this end can best be addressed within the United Nations system, Stressing that the obligation and the primary responsibility to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms lie with the State, Emphasizing that transnational corporations and other business enterprises have a responsibility to respect human rights, irrespective of where they conduct their business,  GE.12-17626 The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twenty-first session (A/HRC/21/2), chap. I.