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in full compliance with the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations, in
particular respect for the sovereignty of States, and taking into account national priorities;
7.
Affirms that much more is needed, owing to the magnitude of global and local
challenges, the alarming increase in natural and man-made disasters, and the continuing
rises in poverty and inequality; ideally, solidarity should be preventive rather than simply
reactive to massive irreversible damage already caused, and must address both natural and
man-made disasters;
8.
Recognizes that there is an overwhelming manifestation of solidarity by
States, individually and collectively, civil society, global social movements, and countless
people of goodwill reaching out to others;
9.
Also recognizes that the so-called “third-generation rights” closely
interrelated to the fundamental value of solidarity need further progressive development
within the United Nations human rights machinery in order to be able to respond to the
increasing challenges of international cooperation in this field;
10.
Requests all States, United Nations agencies, other relevant international
organizations and non-governmental organizations to mainstream the right of peoples and
individuals to international solidarity in their activities, and to cooperate with the
independent expert on human rights and international solidarity in his mandate, to supply
all necessary information requested by him and to give serious consideration to responding
favourably to his requests to visit their country, to enable him to fulfil his mandate
effectively;
11.
Welcomes the steps taken by the independent expert to identify the primary
areas to be addressed, the main concepts and norms that can form the basis of a framework,
and good practices to inform the future development of law and policy with regard to
human rights and international solidarity;
12.
Requests the independent expert to continue his work in the preparation of a
draft declaration on the right of peoples and individuals to international solidarity, and in
further developing guidelines, standards, norms and principles with a view to promoting
and protecting this right, by addressing, inter alia, existing and emerging obstacles to its
realization;
13.
Also requests the independent expert to take into account the outcomes of all
major United Nations and other global summits and ministerial meetings in the economic,
social and climate fields and to seek views and contributions from Governments, United
Nations agencies, other relevant international organizations and non-governmental
organizations in the discharge of his mandate;
14.
Reiterates its requests to the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee to
prepare, in close cooperation with the independent expert, inputs to contribute to the
elaboration of the draft declaration on the right of peoples and individuals to international
solidarity, and to the further development of guidelines, standards, norms and principles
with a view to promoting and protecting this right;
15.
Requests the independent expert to submit a report on the implementation of
the present resolution to the Council at its eighteenth session;
16.
Decides to continue its examination of this issue at its eighteenth session
under the same agenda item.
31st meeting
30 September 2010
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 32 to 14, with no abstentions. The voting was as follows:
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