A/HRC/RES/23/22* United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 27 June 2013 English Original: French Human Rights Council Twenty-third session Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council** 23/22 Technical assistance to Côte d’Ivoire in the field of human rights The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant human rights instruments, Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, Recalling also Council resolutions 5/1, on institution-building, and 5/2, on the code of conduct for special procedures mandate holders of the Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto, Recalling further Council resolutions S-14/1 of 23 December 2010 and 16/25 of 25 March 2011 concerning the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire, Council resolution 17/21 of 17 June 2011 establishing the mandate of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire and Council resolution 20/19 of 6 July 2012 renewing the mandate of the Independent Expert, Reaffirming that all States have a responsibility to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, as stated in the Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the international covenants on human rights and other relevant human rights instruments, Welcoming the holding of local (municipal and departmental) elections in Côte d’Ivoire on 21 April 2013, which mark the completion of the process of establishing national institutions, Noting that, while the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire has improved, as indicated in the report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte * Reissued for technical reasons on 10 July 2013. ** The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twenty-third session (A/HRC/23/2), chap. I. GE.13-15516 (E) 090713 100713