A/HRC/S-4/5
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“3.
In the second preambular paragraph, after the word ‘Council’ delete the words ‘to
continue and’;
“4.
In paragraph 1, before the word ‘concern’ delete the word ‘grave’, and after the
word ‘Darfur’ replace the existing text by the following: ‘in spite of the conclusion of
the Darfur Peace Agreement which some parties have yet to sign’;
“5.
At the end of the second paragraph insert the following: ‘and also calls upon the
parties which have not yet signed the Darfur Peace Agreement to do so and upon all
parties to observe the ceasefire’;
“6.
After paragraph 2, insert the following paragraph:
Calls upon the international community at large and on the donor
countries and peace partners in particular to honour their pledges of support,
inter alia to the African Union Mission in Sudan whose mandate has been recently
extended to provide urgent and adequate financial and technical assistance to the
Government of the Sudan and to the relevant State and non-State agencies in the
promotion of human rights;
“7.
In paragraph 3, before the world ‘assessment’ delete the word ‘urgent’; after the
words ‘headed by’ insert the following phrase: ‘the President of the Council and to
include the members of the Bureau and the regional group coordinators that are members
of the Council as well as’.”
23.
The representative of Algeria (on behalf of the Group of African States), made a
statement in connection with the draft decision.
24.
In accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the
attention of the Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and programme budget
implications2 of the draft resolutions A/HRC/S-4/L.1 and A/HRC/S-4/L.2, and the amendment to
draft resolution A/HRC/S-4/L.1, as contained in document A/HRC/S-4/L.3, all of which had
been withdrawn (see paragraph 12 above).
25.
The draft decision was adopted without a vote.
26.
Statements in explanation of vote after the vote were made by the representatives of
Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Finland, France, India, Indonesia, Germany,
Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), the
Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), the Netherlands,
Tunisia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Zambia.
2
See annex I.
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