A/HRC/25/L.45 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 26 March 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fifth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Algeria, Bahrain,* Belarus,* China, Cuba, Ecuador,* Egypt,* Ethiopia, India, Namibia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam: amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/25/L.24 25/… Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders After the fourth preambular paragraph, insert a new paragraph reading Recalling also that the primary responsibility for promoting and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms rests with the State, and reaffirming that national legislation consistent with the Charter and other international obligations of the State in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms is the juridical framework within which human rights defenders conduct their activities, * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. GE.14-12536 *1412536*