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11.
Calls upon States and relevant United Nations bodies to promote the
effective implementation of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of
Peace;
12.
Invites States and relevant United Nations human rights mechanisms and
procedures to continue to pay attention to the importance of mutual cooperation,
understanding and dialogue in ensuring the promotion and protection of all human rights;
13.
Recalls the holding of the workshop on the right of peoples to peace in
Geneva on 15 and 16 December 2009, with the participation of experts from all regions of
the world;
14.
Takes note of the progress report of the Human Rights Council Advisory
Committee on the right of peoples to peace,16 which includes more than 40 possible
standards for inclusion in the draft declaration on the right of peoples to peace;
15.
Supports the need to further promote the realization of the right of peoples to
peace and, in that regard, requests the Advisory Committee, in consultation with Member
States, civil society, academia and all relevant stakeholders, to present a draft declaration
on the right of peoples to peace and to report on progress thereon to the Council at its
twentieth session;
16.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to retransmit the questionnaire prepared by the Advisory Committee in the context
of its mandate on the issue of the right of peoples to peace, seeking the views and
comments of Member States, civil society, academia and all relevant stakeholders;
17.
Decides to continue to consider the issue in 2012 under the same agenda
item.
34th meeting
17 June 2011
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 32 to 14, with no abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon,
Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Jordan,
Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Thailand,
Uganda, Uruguay, Zambia
Against:
Belgium, France, Hungary, Japan, Norway, Poland, Republic of Korea,
Republic of Moldova, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America]
17/17
Situation of human rights in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, relevant international human rights instruments and relevant international law,
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