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(c) To request the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to seek the views
of States and those of all other stakeholders on this issue, and to prepare a report containing these
views, as well as an input from the Office of Legal Affairs in this regard, for submission to the
last session of the Human Rights Council in 2007;
(d) To convene at the same session, in relation to the above process and its objectives,
an interactive dialogue highlighting the importance of the principles of universality and
indivisibility and the primacy of equal treatment of all human rights, with a view to deciding
on the future direction of this process.
31st meeting
30 March 2007
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. III.]
4/8. Follow-up to decision S-4/101 of 13 December 2006 adopted by
the Human Rights Council at its fourth special session entitled
“Situation of human rights in Darfur”
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling its decision S-4/101 of 13 December 2006, adopted by consensus, establishing a
High-Level Mission to assess the human rights situation in Darfur and the needs of the Sudan in
this regard, and to report to the Human Rights Council at its fourth session,
Recalling that the Government of the Sudan welcomed this decision and expressed its
readiness to improve the human rights situation in Darfur,
1.
Takes note with regret that the High-Level Mission could not visit Darfur;
2.
Takes note of the report of the High-Level Mission on the situation of human rights
in Darfur pursuant to Human Rights Council decision S-4/101 (A/HRC/4/80);
3.
Expresses its deep concern regarding the seriousness of the ongoing violations of
human rights and international humanitarian law in Darfur, including armed attacks on the
civilian population and humanitarian workers, widespread destruction of villages, and continued
and widespread violence, in particular gender-based violence against women and girls, as well as
the lack of accountability of perpetrators of such crimes;
4.
Calls upon all parties to the conflict in Darfur to put an end to all acts of violence
against civilians, with a special focus on vulnerable groups including women, children and
internally displaced persons, as well as humanitarian workers;
5.
Calls upon the signatories of the Darfur Peace Agreement to comply with their
obligations under the agreement, acknowledges the measures already taken towards its
implementation and calls upon non-signatory parties to join in and to commit themselves to the
peace agreement in compliance with the relevant United Nations resolutions;
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