A/HRC/11/37
together with the views of Malaysia concerning the recommendations and/or conclusions,
as well as its voluntary commitments and its replies presented before the adoption of the
outcome by the plenary to questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during
the interactive dialogue in the Working Group (A/HRC/11/37, chap. VI and
A/HRC/11/30/Add.1).
19th meeting
12 June 2009
[Adopted without a vote. See part II, chap. VI.]
11/117.
Issuance of reports of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic
Review in all official languages of the United Nations
At its 28th meeting, on 18 June 2009, the Human Rights Council decided to adopt
the following text and to submit it to the General Assembly as a matter of urgency, for its
implementation:
“Bearing in mind General Assembly resolutions 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and
62/219 of 22 December 2007, Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007 and
8/1 of 18 June 2008, Council decision 9/103 of 24 September 2008 and President’s
statements 8/1 of 24 September 2008 and 9/2 of 9 April 2008,
Stressing that the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of the Human
Rights Council adopted the reports on the review of 32 Member States at its fourth and fifth
sessions,
Concerned that 13 of the reports adopted by the Working Group at its fourth session
were not issued as official documents of the United Nations in the six official languages
prior to their consideration and adoption by the Council at its eleventh session, and that the
processing and issuance of two of the reports adopted by the Working Group at its fifth
session remains delayed,
Recalling the importance of multilingualism in the work of the United Nations and
the need to issue all reports of the Working Group in all official languages of the
Organization,
1.
Decides that all the reports adopted by the Working Group on the Universal
Periodic Review at its fourth and fifth sessions and the additional information submitted by
the States under review before the adoption of the outcome by the Council shall be issued
as official documents in all official languages of the United Nations prior to the twelfth
session of the Council, and requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures
to that effect;
2.
Recalls that the Working Group should endeavour to apply in its reports the
word limits established in the annex to President’s statement 9/2, bearing in mind that the
Working Group is entrusted with the authority to decide on the adoption of reports that
exceptionally exceed those word limits;
3.
Decides that all reports adopted by the Working Group shall be issued as
official documents in all official languages of the United Nations, in a timely manner before
their consideration by the Council, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure the
necessary support to that effect.”
28th meeting
18 June 2009
[Adopted without a vote. See part II, chapter VI.]
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