A/HRC/42/L.44 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 26 September 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9 –27 September 2019 Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms Russian Federation:* amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/42/L.33/Rev.1 42/… Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights Paragraph 1 should read 1. Encourages the unhindered access of everyone, individually and in association with others, to and communication with international bodies, in particular the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights, including the Human Rights Council, its special procedures, the universal periodic review mechanism and the treaty bodies, as well as regional human rights mechanisms, bearing in mind that these are indispensable to enable the United Nations and its mechanisms to fulfil their mandates; * State not a member of the Human Rights Council. GE.19-16439(E) 