A/HRC/RES/18/9
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 October 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Eighteenth session
Agenda item 1
Organizational and procedural matters
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*
18/9
Resumption of the rights of membership of Libya in the
Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling paragraph 14 of its resolution S-15/1 of 25 February 2011,
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 65/265 of 1 March 2011, in which the
Assembly decided to suspend the rights of membership in the Human Rights Council of
Libya,
1.
Welcomes the commitments made by Libya to uphold its obligations under
international human rights law, to promote and protect human rights, democracy and the
rule of law, and to cooperate with relevant international human rights mechanisms,
including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the
international commission of inquiry established by the Human Rights Council in its
resolution S-15/1;
2.
Recommends that the General Assembly lift the suspension of the rights of
membership of Libya in the Human Rights Council at its current session.
36th meeting
29 September 2011
[Adopted without a vote.]
*
GE.11- 16647
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. I.
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