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country level, to follow up effectively, where appropriate, on recommendations of the
mandate holder and to make available information on measures taken in this regard;
14.
Encourages the United Nations, including its specialized agencies, regional
intergovernmental organizations, mandate holders, interested institutions and independent
experts, and non-governmental organizations to develop regular dialogue and cooperation
with the Special Rapporteur in the fulfilment of his or her mandate;
15.
Encourages all relevant United Nations organizations and humanitarian
assistance, human rights and development organizations to enhance their collaboration and
coordination, through the Inter-Agency Standing Committee and United Nations country
teams in countries with situations of internal displacement, to provide all possible
assistance and support to the Special Rapporteur, and requests the continued participation
of the Special Rapporteur in the work of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee and its
subsidiary bodies;
16.
Requests the Secretary-General and the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the assistance
and adequate staffing necessary to carry out his or her mandate effectively, and to ensure
that the mechanism works in close cooperation with the Emergency Relief Coordinator,
with the continued support of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;
17.
Invites the Special Rapporteur to continue to submit annual reports on the
implementation of his or her mandate to the Council and the General Assembly, making
suggestions and recommendations regarding the human rights of internally displaced
persons, including on the impact of measures taken at the inter-agency level;
18.
Decides to continue its consideration of the question of the human rights of
internally displaced persons in conformity with its annual programme of work.
34th meeting
17 June 2010
[Adopted without a vote.]
14/7
Proclamation of 24 March as the International Day for the Right to the
Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity
of Victims
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other relevant
instruments of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as well as
the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,
Recognizing the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of
civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights,
Recalling articles 32 and 33 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of
12 August 1949 and article 24, paragraph 2, of the International Convention for the
Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, adopted by the General Assembly
in its resolution 61/177 of 20 December 2006,
Taking into account the right to the truth as defined in Commission on Human
Rights resolution 2005/66 of 20 April 2005, and Council decision 2/105 of 27 November
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