A/HRC/27/L.40 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 25 September 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-seventh session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Bahrain,* China, Cuba, Egypt, * India, Russian Federation, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/27/L.24 27/… Civil society space Paragraph 10 should read 10. Encourages States to ensure that provisions on funding to civil society actors are in compliance with their international human rights obligations and do not hinder the work or endanger the safety of civil society actors, and underlines the importance of the right and ability to solicit, receive and utilize resources for their work exercised in accordance with relevant domestic laws consistent with the State’s international human rights law obligations; * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. GE.14-17228 (E) 