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plenary to questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the interactive
dialogue in the Working Group (A/HRC/18/2, chapter VI and A/HRC/18/17/Add.1).
25th meeting
23 September 2011
[Adopted without a vote.]
18/116
Outcome of the universal periodic review: Papua New Guinea
The Human Rights Council,
Acting in compliance with the mandate entrusted to it by the General Assembly in its
resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, and in
accordance with the President’s statement PRST/8/1 on modalities and practices for the
universal periodic review process of 9 April 2008,
Having conducted the review of Papua New Guinea on 11 May 2011 in conformity
with all the relevant provisions contained in Council resolution 5/1,
Adopts the outcome of the universal periodic review on Papua New Guinea which is
constituted of the report of the Working Group on Papua New Guinea (A/HRC/18/18 and
A/HRC/18/18/Corr.1), together with the views of Papua New Guinea concerning the
recommendations and/or conclusions, as well as its voluntary commitments and its replies
presented before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary to questions or issues that were
not sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue in the Working Group
(A/HRC/18/2, chapter VI and A/HRC/18/18/Add.1).
38th meeting
30 September 2011
[Adopted without a vote.]
18/117
Reporting by the Secretary-General on the question of the death
penalty
At its 34th meeting, on 28 September 2011, the Human Rights Council decided to
adopt the following text:
“The Human Rights Council,
Recalling article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 6 of
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and articles 6 and 37 (a) of
the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/59 of 20 April
2005 and Human Rights Council decision 2/102 of 6 October 2006,
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to submit to the Human Rights
Council, in consultation with Governments, specialized agencies and
intergovernmental and non governmental organizations, a yearly supplement to his
quinquennial report on capital punishment and the implementation of the safeguards
guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, paying
special attention to the imposition of the death penalty on persons younger than 18
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