A/HRC/25/L.46 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 26 March 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fifth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Algeria, Bahrain,* Belarus,* China, Cuba, Ecuador,* Egypt,* Ethiopia, India, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam: amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/25/L.24 25/… Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Paragraph 1 should read 1. Welcomes the work and takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, and calls upon all States to consider taking concrete steps to create, in law and in practice, a safe and enabling environment in which human rights defenders can operate free from hindrance and insecurity; * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. GE.14-12543 *1412543*