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Recognizing further that low-lying and other small island countries, countries with
low-lying coastal, arid and semi-arid areas or areas liable to floods, drought and desertification,
and developing countries with fragile mountainous ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to the
adverse effects of climate change,
Recalling the relevant provisions of declarations, resolutions and programmes of action
adopted by major United Nations conferences, summits and special sessions and their follow-up
meetings, in particular Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development,
and the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development and the Johannesburg Plan of
Implementation,
Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/60 of 20 April 2005 on
human rights and the environment as part of sustainable development,
Recalling further Council resolution 6/27 of 14 December 2007 on adequate housing as a
component of the right to an adequate standard of living and in particular paragraph 3 thereof,
and Council decision 2/104 of 27 November 2006 on human rights and access to water,
Taking note of the contribution provided by special procedures of the Council in
examining and advancing the understanding of the link between the enjoyment of human rights
and the protection of environment,
Taking note also of the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard
of physical and mental health to the General Assembly (A/62/214), which include a call for the
Council to study the impact of climate change on human rights,
1.
Decides to request the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights, in consultation with and taking into account the views of States, other relevant
international organizations and intergovernmental bodies including the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change and the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, and other stakeholders, to conduct, within existing resources, a detailed analytical study
on the relationship between climate change and human rights, to be submitted to the Council
prior to its tenth session;
2.
Encourages States to contribute to the study conducted by the Office of the
High Commissioner;
3.
Decides to consider the issue at its tenth session under agenda item 3, and thereafter
to make available the study, together with a summary of the debate held during its tenth session,
to the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
for its consideration.
41st meeting
28 March 2008
Adopted without a vote. See chapter III.
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