A/HRC/17/2
28.
Also requests the independent expert to continue to seek the views and
suggestions of States, international organizations, United Nations agencies, funds and
programmes, regional economic commissions, international and regional financial
institutions and non-governmental organizations on the draft general guidelines and his
proposal of possible elements for consideration, and urges them to respond to his requests;
29.
Encourages the independent expert to continue to cooperate, in accordance
with his mandate, with the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, special
rapporteurs, independent experts and members of the expert working groups of the Human
Rights Council and its Advisory Committee on issues relating to economic, social and
cultural rights and the right to development in his work towards the elaboration of the draft
general guidelines;
30.
Requests the independent expert to report to the General Assembly on the
issue of the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of
States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural
rights;
31.
Requests the Secretary-General to provide the independent expert with all
necessary assistance, in particular all the staff and resources required to carry out his
functions, including the organization of consultations with experts and Governments on the
draft general guidelines on foreign debt and human rights;
32.
Urges Governments, international organizations, international financial
institutions, non-governmental organizations and the private sector to cooperate fully with
the independent expert in the discharge of his mandate;
33.
Requests the independent expert to submit an analytical report on the
implementation of the present resolution and a revised draft of the guidelines to the Human
Rights Council in 2012 in accordance with its annual programme of work, and to submit a
progress report to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session;
34.
Decides to continue the consideration of this matter at its twentieth session
under the same agenda item.
33rd meeting
16 June 2011
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 30 to 13, with 3 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon,
China, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Jordan,
Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nigeria, Pakistan,
Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Thailand, Uganda,
Uruguay, Zambia
Against:
Belgium, France, Hungary, Japan, Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic of
Moldova, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America
Abstaining:
Chile, Mexico, Norway]
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