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4/103. Human rights and unilateral coercive measures
At its 31st meeting, on 30 March 2007, the Human Rights Council, recalling
resolution 2005/14 of 14 April 2005 of the Commission on Human Rights and
General Assembly resolution 61/170 of 19 December 2006, and taking note of the report of
the Secretary-General on this issue (E/CN.4/2006/37 and A/HRC/4/61), decided by a recorded
vote of 32 to 12, with 1 abstention:
(a) To request the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in discharging
her functions in relation to the promotion and protection of human rights, to pay due attention
and give urgent consideration to the above-mentioned resolution and to the present decision;
(b) To request the Secretary-General to bring the present decision to the attention of all
States and to seek their views and information on the implications and negative effects of
unilateral coercive measures on their populations, and to submit a report thereon to the Council
at its sixth session.
[See chap. III.]
4/104. Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights
At its 31st meeting, on 30 March 2007, the Human Rights Council, recalling Commission
on Human Rights resolution 2005/54 of 20 April 2005 and General Assembly resolution 61/168
of 19 December 2006 decided without a vote:
(a) To request the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to consult
States, and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations on ways and means to
enhance the international cooperation and dialogue in the United Nations human rights
machinery, including the Human Rights Council as recognized in the ninth preambular
paragraph of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006;
(b) Also to request the High Commissioner to present a report on the basis of her
findings to the Council before the end of 2007.
[See chap. III.]
4/105. Postponement of consideration of draft proposals
At its 32nd meeting, on 30 March 2007, the Human Rights Council decided, without a
vote, to take note of the deferral of the following draft proposals:
To the fifth session of the Human Rights Council:
− A/HRC/2/L.19 entitled “The use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights
and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination”;
− A/HRC/2/L.30 entitled “World Programme for Human Rights Education”;
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