A/HRC/18/2
Recalling the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling also all previous resolutions on human rights and unilateral
coercive measures adopted by the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights
Council and the General Assembly,
Recognizing the universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated
character of all human rights and, in this regard, reaffirming the right to
development as a universal and inalienable right and an integral part of all human
rights,
Expressing its concern at the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures
on human rights, development, international relations, trade, investment and
cooperation,
Reaffirming Human Rights Council resolution 15/24 of 6 October 2010, in
which the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights to prepare a thematic study on the impact of unilateral coercive
measures on the enjoyment of human rights, including recommendations on actions
aimed at ending such measures, taking into account all previous reports, resolutions
and relevant information available to the United Nations system in this regard, and
to present the study to the Council at its eighteenth session,
Taking note of the note by the Secretariat51 informing the Human Rights
Council that the above-mentioned thematic study was under preparation, required
additional time for its completion and would therefore be submitted to the Human
Rights Council at its nineteenth session,
Decides to examine this question in accordance with its annual programme of
work under the same agenda item.”
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 34 to 12, with no abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile,
China, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Guatemala, India,
Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation,
Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Thailand, Uganda, Uruguay
Against:
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland,
Republic of Moldova, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, United States of
America]
18/121
Procedural decision on the annual cycle of the Advisory Committee
At its 38th meeting, on 30 September 2011, the Human Rights Council decided to
adopt the following text:
“The Human Rights Council,
Recalling its resolution 16/21 of 12 April 2011, on the review of the work
and functioning of the Human Rights Council and, in particular, section III of the
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A/HRC/18/28.
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