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formulation of their national action plans for the implementation of the Guiding Principles
on Business and Human Rights, and to ensure that their policies, legislation, regulations and
enforcement measures effectively address the heightened risks of operating a business in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;
(d)
To increase monitoring of settler violence with a view to promoting
accountability;
13.
Calls upon business enterprises to take all measures necessary to comply with
their responsibilities under the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and
relevant international laws and standards with respect to their activities in or in relation to the
Israeli settlements and the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem, to avoid the adverse impact of such activities on human rights, and to avoid
contributing to the establishment, maintenance, development or consolidation of Israeli
settlements or the exploitation of the natural resources of the Occupied Palestinian Territory;
14.
Requests that all parties concerned, including United Nations bodies,
implement and ensure the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of
the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of Israeli
settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian
people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and
endorsed by the Human Rights Council through its resolution 22/29, in accordance with their
respective mandates;
15.
Calls upon the relevant United Nations bodies to take all necessary measures
and actions within their mandates to ensure full respect for and compliance with Human
Rights Council resolution 17/4 of 16 June 2011, on the Guiding Principles on Business and
Human Rights and other relevant international laws and standards, and to ensure the
implementation of the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, which
provides a global standard for upholding human rights in relation to business activities that
are connected with Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem;
16.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare
a report on the consequences of the intensification of settlement activity and other steps taken
towards formal annexation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly in and around
East Jerusalem and the so-called E-1 area, for the contiguity of the Palestinian Territory and
their implications for the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian
people, and to present the report to the Human Rights Council at its forty-sixth session;
17.
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
46th meeting
22 June 2020
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 36 to 2, with 9 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,
Burkina Faso, Chile, Denmark, Eritrea, Fiji, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy,
Japan, Libya, Mauritania, Mexico, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Senegal,
Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Against:
Australia, Marshall Islands
Abstaining:
Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Czechia, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Slovakia, Togo, Ukraine]
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