A/HRC/44/L.34 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 15 July 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fourth session 30 June–17 July 2020 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Pakistan and Saudi Arabia*: amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/44/L.21 44/…Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls Paragraph 9 should read 9. Calls upon States to take a human rights-based, gender-responsive and intersectional approach in their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to pay special attention to women and girls, in particular those in vulnerable situations, and their specific needs, including protection from xenophobia, social stigma, sexual and gender-based violence, and domestic violence; equal access to livelihood and socioeconomic opportunities, health-care services, including testing, treatment and vaccines, timely, adequate and accurate information about the pandemic; the ability to maintain social distancing; and access to testing and treatment, and to other necessities, including food, education, adequate housing, safe drinking water and sanitation, and essential health-care services; * State not a member of the Human Rights Council. GE.20-09529(E) 