A/HRC/17/2
3.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
prepare a comprehensive study and, when necessary, to seek information from relevant
international organizations and agencies on the negative impact of the non-repatriation of
funds of illicit origin to the countries of origin on the enjoyment of human rights, in
particular economic, social and cultural rights, and to submit a report thereon to the Human
Rights Council at its nineteenth session.
35th meeting
17 June 2011
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 32 to 2, with 12 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:
Japan, United States of America
Abstaining:
Belgium, Hungary, France, Norway, Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic of
Moldova, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland]
17/24
Situation of human rights in Belarus
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the
provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on
Human Rights and other applicable human rights instruments,
Bearing in mind paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March
2006,
Reaffirming that all States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights
and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil their international obligations,
Mindful that Belarus is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights and the Optional Protocols thereto, the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women and the Optional Protocol thereto, and the Convention on
the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto,
Taking note of the participation of the Government of Belarus in the universal
periodic review in May 2010 as a State under review, acknowledging in this regard its
support for a large number of recommendations, and stressing the need for their full
implementation in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights,
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