A/HRC/RES/14/8 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 23 June 2010 Original: English Human Rights Council Fourteenth session Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council* 14/8 Regional cooperation for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Asia-Pacific Region The Human Rights Council, Recalling resolution 1993/51 of 9 March 1993 of the Commission on Human Rights and its subsequent resolutions concerning regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights, Recalling also Council decision 3/102 of 8 December 2006, as well as its resolutions 6/25 of 28 September 2007 and 12/15 of 1 October 2009, Noting with appreciation the commitment of States in the Asia-Pacific region to developing and strengthening national capacities for the promotion and protection of human rights, in accordance with the Tehran Framework of Regional Technical Cooperation Programme for Asia and the Pacific, Welcoming the efforts of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to develop partnerships for the implementation of its activities to enhance national capacities of States in the region to promote and protect human rights, Welcoming the Bali Action Points concluded at the fourteenth Workshop on Regional Cooperation for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the AsiaPacific Region, held from 10 to 12 July 2007, which served as a basis to reflect on the progress and achievements made under the Asia-Pacific Framework, including the four Tehran pillars, and to define further priorities for regional cooperation for the promotion and protection of human rights, Reaffirming the fact that regional arrangements play an important role in promoting and protecting human rights and should reinforce universal human rights, as recognized in international human rights instruments, * GE.10-14716 The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its fourteenth session (A/HRC/14/37), chap. I.